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Colonoscopy Through a Stoma

Delaware 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?

$888

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $888 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $631 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$257$155 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$631$501 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $324 to $2,399Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $148 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $631professional $257

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
$144.54
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$338.84
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$5,370.32
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$389.05
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
$81.28
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$34.67

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 48th of 51

$888

$257 physician + $631 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.