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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 45327

Passes a straight, rigid scope through the anus into the rectum and lower bowel and places a stent, a short tube that props open a narrowed segment. Any stretching of the narrowing needed before the stent goes in is part of the same service. It is used when scarring or a growth is squeezing the passage shut.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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 67 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$115 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$871 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $148 to $12,023Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $105 to $331
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,162professional $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
$398.11
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 3.9 times more in California than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

CA $457WV $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.