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Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma

Tennessee 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?

$1,855

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,855 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$224 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$759 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $537 to $3,090Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $178 to $3,890
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $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
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$933.25
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
$83.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$79.43
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
33 · Preventive service
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 18th of 51

$1,855

$537 physician + $1,318 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.