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Colonoscopy Through a Stoma

Iowa 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?

$1,385

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,385 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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$407$309 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$646 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $457 to $4,786Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $174 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $977professional $407

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
$302.00
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$794.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$398.11
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$870.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$724.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$870.96
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
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$52.48

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 18th of 51

$1,385

$407 physician + $977 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.