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Ileoscopy Through Stoma With Stent Placement

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

How much does Ileoscopy Through Stoma With Stent Placement cost?

$2,271

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,271 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$182$151 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,000 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $631 to $5,370Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $141 to $302
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $182

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$245.47
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$302.00

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 33.6 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Louisiana· 30th of 50

$2,271

$182 physician + $2,089 facility

IN $10,395WV $310

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.