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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 July 2026.

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

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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$138$120 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,380 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $589 to $7,943Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $110 to $295
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,548professional $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
$354.81
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$288.40
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$316.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$478.63
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia $170 · 17th 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.