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Deep Small-Bowel Scope With Control Of Bleeding

West Virginia 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 West Virginia, 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$363 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$661 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $562 to $2,455Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $447

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$676.08
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
$186.21
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 41st 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.