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Stopping Bowel Bleeding Through a Stoma Scope

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 44391

A flexible scope is passed into a surgical opening on the abdomen and up into the bowel to find the source of bleeding. Once located, the bleeding point is treated through the scope using clips, heat, an injection, or a similar technique to seal it. It avoids an operation to open the abdomen.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Stopping Bowel Bleeding Through a Stoma Scope cost?

$1,445

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$324 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$708 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,692Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $240 to $977
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $490

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
$380.19
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. 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

Louisiana· 37th of 51

$1,445

$490 physician + $955 facility

CO $4,351MD $956

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.