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Ileoscopy Through Stoma With Stent Placement

Iowa rates for HCPCS 44384

An examination of the small intestine performed through a surgically created opening (stoma) using a thin flexible scope, during which a small tube called a stent is placed to hold open a narrowed section of intestine. It is typically used in people who already have an ostomy, to relieve a blockage or narrowing without additional surgery.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ileoscopy Through Stoma With Stent Placement cost?

$2,622

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,622 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$331$257 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$724 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $309 to $5,754Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $178 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $331

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
$602.56
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$416.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$416.87
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$331.13
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
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 11.1 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Iowa· 12th of 51

$2,622

$331 physician + $2,291 facility

CO $5,221MT $469

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.