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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 October 2026.

How much does Deep Small Bowel Scope Exam cost?

$2,259

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,259 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$309$275 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$851 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $380 to $6,166Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $257 to $407
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $309

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
$323.59
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$371.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,630.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$489.78
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
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 13th of 51

$2,259

$309 physician + $1,950 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.