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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement

North Dakota 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$219$158 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$115 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $115 to $3,236Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $115 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $219

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$229.09
4 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
$52.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.45

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 10th of 51

$219

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.