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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement

Georgia 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$162$135 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$794 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $417 to $7,244Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $110 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $162

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
$371.54
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$275.42
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$478.63
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$380.19
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
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.14

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 21st of 51

$166

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.