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Colonoscopy Through a Stoma

Virginia 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?

$1,286

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,286 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$263$166 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$372 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $200 to $5,370Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $151 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $263

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
$218.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$371.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$3,162.28
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$562.34
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$457.09
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
$89.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.02

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 26th of 51

$1,286

$263 physician + $1,023 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.