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Removal of a Growth From the Small Bowel

Tennessee 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?

$1,773

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,773 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$224$191 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$977 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $617 to $3,388Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $166 to $2,570
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,549professional $224

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
$1,479.11
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
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
$83.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$25.12

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 18th of 51

$1,773

$224 physician + $1,549 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.