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Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma

North Carolina 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?

$1,250

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,250 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $589 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$661$324 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$589$257 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $178 to $4,074Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,514
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $589professional $661

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
$295.12
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where North Carolina 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 feeNorth Carolina $1,250 · 40th 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.