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Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam

Iowa 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 July 2026.

How much does Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam cost?

$3,570

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,570 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$407$288 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$676 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $427 to $6,761Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,096
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,162professional $407

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,238.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$758.58
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$812.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 17.6 times more in Maine than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeIowa $3,570 · 16th of 50
ME $10,127DE $577

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.