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Deep Small-Bowel Scope With Control Of Bleeding

Nebraska 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?

$2,385

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,385 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$871$708 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,023 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $832 to $7,586Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $537 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $871

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
$1,659.59
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$39.81

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 15th of 51

$2,385

$871 physician + $1,514 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.