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Colonoscopy Through a Stoma

North Carolina 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?

$1,226

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,226 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $724 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$501$347 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$724$490 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,862Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $224 to $891
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $724professional $501

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
$316.23
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$380.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$446.68
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$457.09
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
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$63.10
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
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$32.36
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$239.88

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 32nd of 51

$1,226

$501 physician + $724 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.