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Ileoscopy Through Stoma With Stent Placement

Montana 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?

$469

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $469 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $234 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$234$170 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$234$229 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,445Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $79 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $234professional $234

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$269.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$245.47
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
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
$72.44
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$469

$234 physician + $234 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.