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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 July 2026.

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

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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$126$115 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$794 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $151 to $6,026Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $107 to $195
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,820professional $126

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
$141.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas $138 · 33rd 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.