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Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam

South 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?

$1,195

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,195 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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$324$275 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$398 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $331 to $9,772Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $263 to $575
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $871professional $324

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
$331.13
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$575.44

Where South 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

South Carolina· 37th of 50

$1,195

$324 physician + $871 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.