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Ileoscopy Through Stoma With Stent Placement

Minnesota 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?

$877

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $877 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $589 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$288$229 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$589$275 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $141 to $3,802Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $148 to $550
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $589professional $288

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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$588.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$549.54
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$18.20

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 49th of 51

$877

$288 physician + $589 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.