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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement

Iowa 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $4,074 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$251$166 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,074$1,096 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $240 to $12,023Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $132 to $363
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $251

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
$602.56
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$12,302.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$851.14
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,709.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$331.13
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$316.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$269.15
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
$52.48
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$257

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.