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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement

Minnesota 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $550 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$263$182 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$309 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $129 to $17,378Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $120 to $427
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $550professional $263

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
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$26,915.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$851.14
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$398.11

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota $275 · 2nd 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.