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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 October 2026.

How much does Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma cost?

$1,825

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,825 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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$933$501 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$631 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $479 to $3,311Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,622
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $891professional $933

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
$177.83
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$851.14
7 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
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 20th of 51

$1,825

$933 physician + $891 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.