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Ileoscopy Through Stoma With Stent Placement

North Dakota 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?

$952

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $952 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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$275$204 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$155 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,698Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $155 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $676professional $275

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$309.03
4 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
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$18.20

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 45th of 51

$952

$275 physician + $676 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.