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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stretching

Vermont 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 October 2026.

How much does Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stretching cost?

$977

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $145 to $1,549.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,479Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $98 to $1,585
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,259professional $977

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,584.89
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
4 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
$47.86
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$109.65

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 14.1 times more in Washington than in Kentucky. 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.

Vermont· 9th of 51

$977

WA $1,288KY $91.20

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.