go back

Deep Small-Bowel Scope With Control Of Bleeding

Massachusetts 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?

$1,579

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,579 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$457 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$490 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,631Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $398 to $3,548
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $933professional $646

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
$1,513.56
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,630.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,630.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$645.65
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
7 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
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$52.48
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 38th of 51

$1,579

$646 physician + $933 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.