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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 July 2026.

How much does Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam cost?

$957

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $957 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $550 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$288 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$550$347 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $269 to $4,365Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $263 to $794
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $550professional $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
$288.40
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,238.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96

Where South 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

South Dakota· 43rd of 50

$957

$407 physician + $550 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.