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Colonoscopy Through a Stoma

Illinois 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?

$1,374

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,374 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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$302$191 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$759 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $479 to $3,236Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $158 to $525
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $302

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
$204.17
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$158.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,096.48
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$426.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
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
$79.43
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$31.62

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 20th of 51

$1,374

$302 physician + $1,072 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.