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Deep Small Bowel Scope With Tissue Sample

Illinois 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 October 2026.

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

$2,014

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,014 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$309 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,047 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $631 to $4,365Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $295 to $513
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $355

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
$371.54
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$478.63
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$398.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$588.84
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
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 4.9 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

Illinois· 16th of 51

$2,014

$355 physician + $1,660 facility

OK $4,621MT $935

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.