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Small Bowel Endoscopy to Remove an Object

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 44363

Passes a long flexible scope through the mouth and stomach and well down into the small intestine, beyond the reach of a standard upper endoscopy, to find and pull out a swallowed or lodged object. It avoids open surgery when something has not passed on its own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Small Bowel Endoscopy to Remove an Object cost?

$3,802

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,660 to $5,370.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $871 to $8,318
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,317.64
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$57,543.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 34.7 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Pennsylvania· 11th of 50

$3,802

IN $6,607ND $191

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.