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Removal of a Growth From the Small Bowel

Iowa 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?

$2,127

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,127 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$302 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$776 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $447 to $5,495Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $214 to $631
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $389

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
$602.56
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$549.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$512.86
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
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
$85.11
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 13th of 51

$2,127

$389 physician + $1,738 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.