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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement

New Jersey 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?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $3,981 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$110$89.13 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,981$2,512 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $10,233Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $74 to $166
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $110

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
$3,162.28
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$213.80
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$22,908.68
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$125.89
5 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
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.02

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 48th of 51

$110

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.