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Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam

Massachusetts 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?

$1,350

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,350 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$339 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$407 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $316 to $3,631Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $288 to $2,344
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $871professional $479

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
$1,513.56
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$602.56
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,630.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,630.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,148.15
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$562.34
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$302.00
7 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
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.90
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$194.98
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$257.04

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 42nd of 51

$1,350

$479 physician + $871 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.