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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement

Colorado 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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 7 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$117 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$234 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $135 to $16,982Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $107 to $234
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $5,888professional $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
$1,202.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,498.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$239.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$501.19
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$229.09
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado $155 · 26th 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.