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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $174 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 7 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$151$115 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$126 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $115 to $5,495Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $54 to $331
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $174professional $151

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
$114.82
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$316.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$229.09
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$25,118.86
Typical High
$25,118.86
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $155 · 27th 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.