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Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam

Minnesota 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?

$1,713

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,713 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$617$407 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$776 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $339 to $5,623Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,000
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $617

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
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$977.24

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 35th of 50

$1,713

$617 physician + $1,096 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.