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Deep Small-Bowel Scope With Control Of Bleeding

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 44378

A long flexible scope is passed through the mouth and stomach and advanced deep into the small intestine, far beyond the reach of a standard upper endoscopy. When the source of bleeding is found it is treated during the same examination, for example by injecting medicine, sealing the vessel with heat, or applying a clip.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Deep Small-Bowel Scope With Control Of Bleeding cost?

$1,550

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,550 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$407 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$794 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $479 to $2,455Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $372 to $617
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,072professional $479

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
$478.63
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$741.31
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
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Colorado 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

Arkansas· 39th of 51

$1,550

$479 physician + $1,072 facility

CO $4,403DE $1,156

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.