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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement

Alabama 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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$129$115 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$1,259 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $692 to $4,786Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $105 to $234
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,818professional $129

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$199.53

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama $141 · 30th 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.