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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement

Montana 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $200 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 5 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$170$107 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$174 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $135 to $275Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $107 to $302
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $200professional $170

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$354.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$245.47
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$245.47
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47

Where Montana 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.

Montana $182 · 10th 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.