Deep Small Bowel Scope With Tissue Sample

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 44377

A long flexible scope is passed through the mouth and worked far down into the small intestine, well beyond the stomach and the first bends of the bowel that a standard upper examination reaches. Small pieces of tissue are taken from areas that look abnormal and sent for examination under a microscope. It is used to find the cause of bleeding, unexplained anemia, diarrhea or pain arising deep in the small bowel.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Deep Small Bowel Scope With Tissue Sample cost?

$3,634

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,634 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

11% physician fee89% facility fee

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 57 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$398	$295 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$3,236	$1,023 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $407 to $8,913Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,445

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $602.56 Median $3,467.37 Typical High $9,549.93	Facility	Global	$602.56	$3,467.37	$9,549.93
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,621.81 Median $5,011.87 Typical High $11,220.18	Facility	Global	$1,621.81	$5,011.87	$11,220.18
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $467.74 Median $891.25 Typical High $2,238.72	Facility	Global	$467.74	$891.25	$2,238.72
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $645.65 Median $2,511.89 Typical High $6,025.60	Facility	Global	$645.65	$2,511.89	$6,025.60

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 6.7 times more in California than in Virginia. 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

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CA $5,791VA $868

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.