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Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam

Georgia 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?

$1,331

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,331 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$331 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$646 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $513 to $4,571Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $282 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $398

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
$660.69
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$851.14
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$891.25
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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$35.48

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 45th of 51

$1,331

$398 physician + $933 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.