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Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma

Montana 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?

$1,125

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,125 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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$417$282 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$282 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,148Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,000
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $708professional $417

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,148.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,122.02
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,019.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
5 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$165.96

Where Montana 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

Montana· 47th of 51

$1,125

$417 physician + $708 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.