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Colonoscopy Through a Stoma

Alaska rates for HCPCS 44388

Examines the large bowel with a flexible camera passed through a stoma — the opening on the abdomen where the bowel has been brought out to the skin — rather than through the back passage. The lining is inspected along the length reached, and washings or brushings may be collected. It is the plain diagnostic look; removing tissue or treating something found is a separate service.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Colonoscopy Through a Stoma cost?

$1,935

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,935 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$617$380 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$1,096 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $794 to $5,888Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,585
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $617

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
$831.76
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$912.01
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,162.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,862.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$794.33
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,584.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,981.07
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
8 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
$79.43
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$158.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$794.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$239.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$158.49

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Connecticut than in North Dakota. 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

Alaska· 7th of 51

$1,935

$617 physician + $1,318 facility

CT $3,190ND $672

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.