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Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam

North Carolina 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?

$897

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $897 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$407$331 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$490$331 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $275 to $5,248Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $282 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $490professional $407

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
$457.09
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$562.34
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 44th of 50

$897

$407 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.