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Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 44405

This procedure uses a flexible scope inserted through an existing surgical opening in the abdomen to reach a narrowed segment of large intestine and widen it using a balloon, relieving a blockage caused by the narrowing. It treats the stricture without requiring a new open surgical incision.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma cost?

$1,775

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,775 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$229 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$891 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,715Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $178 to $871
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,318professional $457

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$851.14
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$912.01

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeLouisiana $1,775 · 33rd of 50
IN $6,602WV $812

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.