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Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam

Louisiana 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?

$2,037

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,037 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$339$275 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,000 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $589 to $3,890Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $257 to $550
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $339

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
$575.44
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 17.6 times more in Maine than in Delaware. 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

Louisiana· 32nd of 50

$2,037

$339 physician + $1,698 facility

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.