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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement

Alaska 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $182 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 6 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$295$126 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$135 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $117 to $617Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $115 to $661
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $182professional $295

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
$380.19
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$363.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$302.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$741.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$302.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$467.74

Where Alaska sits

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.

Alaska $275 · 3rd of 51
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.