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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement

Massachusetts 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$145$120 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$1,000 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $135 to $6,457Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $110 to $347
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,239professional $145

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$338.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$19,498.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$363.08
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$223.87
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$19,498.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$363.08

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts $155 · 25th 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.