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Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma

Minnesota 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 October 2026.

How much does Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma cost?

$1,779

Typical total for the visit. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,779 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$363 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$525 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $170 to $3,090Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,778
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,148professional $631

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,862.09
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,737.80
10 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$60.26

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Minnesota· 24th of 51

$1,779

$631 physician + $1,148 facility

CO $4,327MD $911

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.