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Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement

Virginia 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$126$112 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$1,202 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $155 to $11,220Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $105 to $158
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $126

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
$134.90
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$154.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$154.88
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$194.98
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
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.49

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 37th of 51

$126

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.