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Colonoscopy Through a Stoma

Missouri 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?

$1,673

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,673 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$324$214 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$708 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $457 to $3,715Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,549
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $324

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
$288.40
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$158.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44
5 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
$70.79
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
33 · Preventive service
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 11th of 51

$1,673

$324 physician + $1,349 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.