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Ileoscopy Through Stoma With Stent Placement

Kentucky 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?

$2,963

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,963 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$145$132 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$776 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $186 to $12,023Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $120 to $234
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $145

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
$147.91
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,454.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$173.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,905.46
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$645.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$269.15
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
$74.13
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.62

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 9th of 51

$2,963

$145 physician + $2,818 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.