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Colonoscopy With Stent Placement

Alabama rates for HCPCS 45389

During a colonoscopy, an expandable mesh tube is placed inside a narrowed section of the large bowel to hold it open so stool can pass. Stretching the narrowing before and after the stent goes in, and passing a guide wire, are part of the procedure. It is used when a tumor or a scarred narrowing is blocking the bowel.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Colonoscopy With Stent Placement cost?

$3,323

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,323 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$316 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,318 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $575 to $3,020Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $263 to $575
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,951professional $372

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
$645.65
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$549.54
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
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alabama· 22nd of 51

$3,323

$372 physician + $2,951 facility

CO $7,005MT $893

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.