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Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam

Virginia 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?

$836

Typical total for the visit. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $836 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $513 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$288 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$513$347 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $302 to $6,761Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $269 to $617
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $513professional $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
$489.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$549.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$562.34
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,230.27
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$562.34

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 47th of 50

$836

$324 physician + $513 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.