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Colonoscopy Through Stoma With Stent Placement

Wisconsin 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $692 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$525$457 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$380 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,148Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $457 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $692professional $525

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$851.14
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 28th of 43

$550

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.