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Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam

New Mexico 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?

$1,844

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,844 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 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$398$331 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$1,000 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $575 to $5,012Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $81 to $490
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $398

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
$302.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$489.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
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
$138.04
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 21st of 51

$1,844

$398 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.