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Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam

Arizona 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?

$1,554

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,554 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$295$269 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$692 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $550 to $4,898Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $257 to $2,239
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $295

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
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
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$28.84

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 30th of 51

$1,554

$295 physician + $1,259 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.