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Removal of a Growth From the Small Bowel

Georgia rates for HCPCS 44365

A long flexible scope is passed through the mouth and stomach and well down into the small intestine, and a growth found on the lining is taken out through the scope. The tissue removed is sent for laboratory examination. No incision is made; the whole procedure goes through the natural opening.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of a Growth From the Small Bowel cost?

$1,196

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,196 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$263$214 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$646 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $513 to $4,571Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $178 to $501
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $263

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
$645.65
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$446.68
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$549.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$831.76
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
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
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.91

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 7.3 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

Georgia· 42nd of 51

$1,196

$263 physician + $933 facility

CO $4,136MT $564

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.