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Ileoscopy Through Stoma With Stent Placement

North Carolina 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?

$469

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $469 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $240 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$229$191 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$240$162 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $151 to $6,457Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $151 to $468
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $240professional $229

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
$151.36
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 46th of 50

$469

$229 physician + $240 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.