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Colonoscopy With Stent Placement

Louisiana 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?

$4,773

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,773 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$407$324 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,514 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $589 to $8,318Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $282 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $407

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
$467.74
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$331.13
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
$204.17
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$46.77

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 11th of 51

$4,773

$407 physician + $4,365 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.