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Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma

Rhode Island 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?

$1,741

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,741 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$295$240 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$832 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $676 to $4,898Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $204 to $955
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $295

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$741.31
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
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 29th of 51

$1,741

$295 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.