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Colonoscopy Through a Stoma

Nebraska 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?

$1,349

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$302$219 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$708 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $575 to $4,677Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $145 to $776
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $302

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
$302.00
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$354.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
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
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 24th of 51

$1,349

$302 physician + $1,047 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.