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Colonoscopy With Stent Placement

South Carolina 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?

$2,109

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,109 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$295 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$813 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $603 to $10,000Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $245 to $501
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $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
$338.84
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$602.56
6 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
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 34th of 51

$2,109

$372 physician + $1,738 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.