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Colonoscopy Through a Stoma

Michigan 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?

$1,064

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,064 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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$251$209 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$589 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,042Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $195 to $479
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $813professional $251

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
$199.53
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,818.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$478.63
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$223.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$58.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$39.81
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$512.86
3 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
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$125.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$199.53

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 40th of 51

$1,064

$251 physician + $813 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.