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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 October 2026.

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

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $437 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$229$178 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$204 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $105 to $9,333Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $112 to $437
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $437professional $229

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$22,387.21
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$446.68
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$457.09
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$426.58
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$14.13

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 7th of 51

$234

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.