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Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma

South 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?

$1,313

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,313 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$537$214 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$603 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $490 to $4,266Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $182 to $871
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $776professional $537

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
$213.80
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
$213.80
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$954.99
6 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
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$64.57
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$407.38

Where South 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

South Carolina· 42nd of 51

$1,313

$537 physician + $776 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.