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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement

Utah 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$158$123 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$3,020 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $170 to $8,128Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $110 to $331
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,388professional $158

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
$169.82
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$309.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$89.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$17,782.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$234.42
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80

Where Utah 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.

Utah $170 · 16th 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.