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Deep Small-Bowel Scope With Control Of Bleeding

South Carolina 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?

$1,543

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,543 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$447$380 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$794 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $617 to $4,786Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $324 to $676
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $447

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
$446.68
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$758.58
10 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
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$154.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$109.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$109.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$109.65

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 40th of 51

$1,543

$447 physician + $1,096 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.