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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement

South 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $617 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 6 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$132$115 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$148 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $126 to $13,183Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $107 to $229
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $617professional $132

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
$138.04
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87

Where South 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.

South Carolina $138 · 34th 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.