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Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam

South 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 October 2026.

How much does Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam cost?

$1,375

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,375 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$617$427 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$417 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,445Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $316 to $794
$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $617

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,238.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$794.33
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
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
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.84

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 39th of 51

$1,375

$617 physician + $759 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.