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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 October 2026.

How much does Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam cost?

$1,357

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,357 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $832 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$525$427 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$501 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $263 to $3,802Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $832professional $525

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
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.88

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 41st of 51

$1,357

$525 physician + $832 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.