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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stretching

Colorado rates for HCPCS 45303

Passes a straight, rigid scope through the anus into the rectum and lower bowel and widens a narrowed segment using a balloon, a guide wire, or graduated dilators. The narrowing may be scar tissue from surgery, radiation, or inflammation. Opening it up eases straining and lets stool pass more easily.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stretching cost?

$631

Typical physician fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $91.20 to $1,072.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,549
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kprofessional $631

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,019.95
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in South Dakota than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Colorado $631 · 30th of 51
SD $955KY $117

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.