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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 July 2026.

How much does Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma cost?

$1,135

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,135 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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$490$195 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$309 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,122Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,023
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $646professional $490

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,548.82
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,023.29
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,023.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,174.90
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Montana 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 feeMontana $1,135 · 44th 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.