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Removal of a Growth From the Small Bowel

Minnesota 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?

$941

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $941 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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$339$275 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$324 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $170 to $3,802Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $178 to $676
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $603professional $339

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
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$660.69
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.38

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 48th of 51

$941

$339 physician + $603 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.