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Colonoscopy Through a Stoma

Kentucky 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?

$1,558

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,558 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$240$170 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$550 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $295 to $3,715Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $145 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $240

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
$151.36
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$186.21
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$229.09
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$831.76
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$199.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$177.83
8 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
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$37.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
33 · Preventive service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 14th of 51

$1,558

$240 physician + $1,318 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.