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Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma

Washington 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?

$1,753

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,753 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$479 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$708 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $525 to $4,571Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,585
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $977professional $776

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
$524.81
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$20,892.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,760.83
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$758.58
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
$123.03
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$87.10

Where Washington 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

Washington· 28th of 51

$1,753

$776 physician + $977 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.