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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 July 2026.

How much does Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma cost?

$1,063

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,063 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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$372$214 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$302 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $214 to $9,772Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $178 to $794
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $692professional $372

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,000.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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· 47th of 50

$1,063

$372 physician + $692 facility

IN $6,602WV $812

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.