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Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam

North Dakota 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?

$778

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $778 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $288 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$288 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$288$288 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $263 to $8,511Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $263 to $724
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $288professional $490

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
$288.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 48th of 50

$778

$490 physician + $288 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.