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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement

Delaware 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$115$107 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$1,096 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $501 to $7,079Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $100 to $155
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $115

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18
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
$57.54
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.18

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 44th of 51

$115

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.