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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 July 2026.

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

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 8 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$170$123 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$282 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $162 to $12,303Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $105 to $617
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,570professional $170

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
$602.56
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$323.59
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$13,489.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$851.14
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$10,715.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$316.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$269.15

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa $191 · 8th 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.