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Colonoscopy Through a Stoma

South 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?

$1,111

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,111 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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$316$182 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$575 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $468 to $3,890Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $155 to $457
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $316

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
$181.97
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$186.21
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$478.63
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
$91.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$37.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42

Where South 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

South Carolina· 36th of 51

$1,111

$316 physician + $794 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.