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Ileoscopy Through Stoma With Stent Placement

South 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 July 2026.

How much does Ileoscopy Through Stoma With Stent Placement cost?

$562

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $316 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$245$151 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$316$200 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $148 to $4,365Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $135 to $437
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $316professional $245

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$407.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 44th of 50

$562

$245 physician + $316 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.