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Deep Small-Bowel Scope With Control Of Bleeding

Iowa 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?

$2,570

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$832$617 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$955 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $676 to $5,495Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $832

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
$630.96
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,071.52
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,071.52
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$831.76
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
$177.83
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 13th of 51

$2,570

$832 physician + $1,738 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.