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Colonoscopy Through a Stoma

Georgia 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?

$1,031

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,031 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$234 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$525 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $398 to $3,631Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $182 to $661
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $692professional $339

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$213.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$302.00
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$190.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$776.25
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
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$37.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
33 · Preventive service
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 42nd of 51

$1,031

$339 physician + $692 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.