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Rigid Scope Untwisting Of The Sigmoid Colon

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 45321

This service uses a rigid viewing instrument inserted through the rectum to relieve a twisted section of the lower colon, a condition called volvulus, without open surgery. The scope allows the surgeon to see the twisted bowel and carefully untwist and decompress it, releasing trapped gas and stool. This can resolve the blockage and, in some cases, avoid the need for emergency surgery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rigid Scope Untwisting Of The Sigmoid Colon cost?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$135$110 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$2,570 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $871 to $6,166Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $95 to $151
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $135

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$223.87

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Rhode Island· 25th of 51

$135

CA $398WV $105

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.