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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 October 2026.

How much does Ileoscopy Through Stoma With Stent Placement cost?

$1,105

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,105 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$347$245 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$219 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $204 to $2,239Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $170 to $427
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $347

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
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$426.58
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
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
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.49

Where South 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

South Dakota· 43rd of 51

$1,105

$347 physician + $759 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.