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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Stent Placement

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 45345

An examination of the lower part of the large bowel with a flexible lighted tube passed through the anus, during which a stent — a short expanding tube — is placed across a narrowed section to hold it open. The narrowing may be stretched first so the stent can be positioned.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Stent Placement cost?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $437 from a physician practice, and about $550 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 3 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$437$355 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$457 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,259Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $288 to $676
$200$500$1Kfacility $550professional $437

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$707.95
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 21.9 times more in California than in Florida. 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.

Minnesota· 22nd of 43

$457

CA $4,266FL $195

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.