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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement

Kentucky 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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 6 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$115$107 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$1,288 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $398 to $3,890Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $102 to $170
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,995professional $115

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
$144.54
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$147.91
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$173.78
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky $120 · 50th 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.