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Deep Small-Bowel Scope With Control Of Bleeding

Kentucky 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?

$1,839

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,839 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$427$363 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$676 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $468 to $3,981Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $324 to $589
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $427

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
$467.74
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,445.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,398.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$660.69
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
$181.97
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 28th of 51

$1,839

$427 physician + $1,413 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.