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Colonoscopy Through a Stoma

Indiana 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?

$2,225

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,225 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$275$178 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$676 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $437 to $5,129Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $151 to $417
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $275

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
$173.78
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$158.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$165.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,023.29
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$398.11
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,089.30
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09
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
$107.15
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$31.62

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 5th of 51

$2,225

$275 physician + $1,950 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.