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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

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

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$141$120 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$1,479 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $977 to $7,244Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $110 to $178
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $141

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$223.87
5 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
$54.95
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Arkansas· 24th of 51

$162

AK $468UT $97.72

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.