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Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma

Nebraska 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?

$1,800

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,800 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$355$251 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$933 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $759 to $6,026Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $355

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
$489.78
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,073.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
$83.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$48.98

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 22nd of 51

$1,800

$355 physician + $1,445 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.