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Colon Scope Decompression Through Stoma

Alabama rates for HCPCS 44408

A procedure in which a scope is passed through a surgically created opening (stoma) into the colon to relieve dangerous over-expansion of the bowel, from causes such as twisting (volvulus) or severe widening (megacolon). Placement of a decompression tube, when performed, is included.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Colon Scope Decompression Through Stoma cost?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $1,479 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 4 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$269$229 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,479$977 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $617 to $2,455Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $209 to $468
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $269

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$457.09

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in California than in New Mexico. 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.

Alabama· 30th of 51

$275

CA $955NM $251

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.