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Colonoscopy With Stent Placement

Iowa 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?

$3,779

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,779 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$479 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$794 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $617 to $11,482Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $309 to $933
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $617

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
$602.56
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$812.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$12,589.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$812.83
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,471.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$870.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$616.60
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
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 17th of 51

$3,779

$617 physician + $3,162 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.