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Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam

Montana 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?

$879

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $879 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $490 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$389$282 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$490$437 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $347 to $891Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $269 to $603
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $490professional $389

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$851.14
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$602.56
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84

Where Montana 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

Montana· 45th of 50

$879

$389 physician + $490 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.