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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 October 2026.

How much does Ileoscopy Through Stoma With Stent Placement cost?

$1,378

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,378 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$282$229 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$646 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,548Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $195 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $282

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
$151.36
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
7 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
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$17.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 38th of 51

$1,378

$282 physician + $1,096 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.