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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 July 2026.

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

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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 5 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$138$115 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,631 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $12,023Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $107 to $295
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $4,898professional $138

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
$3,311.31
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$263.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$16,595.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$398.11
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$407.38

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut $145 · 29th 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.