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Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam

Maryland 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?

$1,017

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,017 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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$309$275 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$437 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $170 to $2,344Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $263 to $550
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $708professional $309

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
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$630.96
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$588.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 41st of 50

$1,017

$309 physician + $708 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.