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Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam

Alaska rates for HCPCS 44376

This is an examination of the small intestine using a long, flexible scope that reaches well beyond where a standard upper endoscopy can see, without a biopsy or other intervention. It is used to look directly at the lining of the small bowel when bleeding, unexplained anemia, or other symptoms point to a problem deeper in the digestive tract.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam cost?

$3,115

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,115 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$977$398 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,820 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $7,079Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,549
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $977

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$851.14
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,187.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,137.96
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,079.46
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,819.70
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Oklahoma 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

Alaska· 7th of 51

$3,115

$977 physician + $2,138 facility

OK $4,508MT $873

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.