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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement

Maryland 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?

$120

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $110 to $135.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $525 to $5,754Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $98 to $166
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $120

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$134.90
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$194.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$223.87
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$147.91
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
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.49

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 42nd of 51

$120

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.