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Colonoscopy With Stent Placement

Virginia 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?

$2,660

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,660 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$316$282 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$832 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $389 to $8,318Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $269 to $427
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $316

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
$331.13
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$371.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$489.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$524.81
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
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 29th of 51

$2,660

$316 physician + $2,344 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.