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Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam

Missouri 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?

$1,862

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$417$316 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$871 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $525 to $4,898Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $275 to $2,239
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $417

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
$1,548.82
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$676.08
5 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
$128.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$31.62

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 20th of 51

$1,862

$417 physician + $1,445 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.