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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement

Connecticut 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$195$138 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$3,020 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $891 to $13,804Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $115 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $195

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
$2,754.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$269.15
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$407.38
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
$57.54
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 13th of 51

$200

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.