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Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma

South 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?

$1,470

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,470 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$676$417 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$692 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,318Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,585
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $794professional $676

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
$562.34
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,073.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,258.93
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,584.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,584.89
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
$75.86
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$52.48

Where South 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

South Dakota· 38th of 51

$1,470

$676 physician + $794 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.