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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 July 2026.

How much does Rigid Lower Bowel Scope With Stent Placement cost?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $204 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 8 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$117 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$135 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $117 to $7,943Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $110 to $234
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $204professional $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
$134.90
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$229.09
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$295.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$229.09

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia $135 · 35th 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.