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Stent Placed in the Lower Bowel Through a Scope

California rates for HCPCS 45347

A flexible scope is passed through the anus into the lower large bowel, and an expandable mesh tube called a stent is placed across a narrowed or blocked segment. The stent pushes the passage open so stool can pass. It is used to relieve a blockage without an operation, sometimes as a temporary measure before surgery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stent Placed in the Lower Bowel Through a Scope cost?

$3,890

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,570 to $6,310.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $912 to $13,183Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $129 to $457
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $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
$1,698.24
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$18,197.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,882.50
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,128.31
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$457.09
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$24,547.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,481.54

Where California sits

The same service costs 91.2 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

California· 12th of 50

$3,890

IN $13,804WV $151

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.