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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement

Tennessee 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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$129$115 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$1,380 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $603 to $9,550Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $105 to $234
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,818professional $129

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
$467.74
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$25,118.86
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$229.09

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee $135 · 37th 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.