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Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam

Utah 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?

$3,425

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,425 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$263$219 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,047 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $417 to $5,012Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $195 to $407
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $263

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
$416.87
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$489.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$269.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,623.41
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$537.03
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
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69

Where Utah 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

Utah· 5th of 51

$3,425

$263 physician + $3,162 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.