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Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma

North Dakota 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 North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,125 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $562 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$562$355 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$562$182 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,202Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,445
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $562professional $562

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
$181.97
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,071.52
8 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
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$56.23

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 48th of 51

$1,125

$562 physician + $562 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.