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Colonoscopy Through Stoma With Stent Placement

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 44397

An examination of the colon with a flexible lighted tube passed through a stoma, the surgically created opening on the abdominal wall. A stent — a short expanding tube — is placed across a narrowed section of bowel to hold it open, and the narrowing may be stretched first so the stent can be positioned.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Colonoscopy Through Stoma With Stent Placement cost?

$363

Typical physician fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $324 to $437.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $309 to $617Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $30 to $447
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $372professional $30

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 14.1 times more in California than in Florida. 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.

South Carolina· 41st of 43

$363

CA $4,266FL $302

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.