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Colon Scope Decompression Through Stoma

Minnesota 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $871 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$513$355 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$603 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $275 to $3,236Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $263 to $813
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $871professional $513

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
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$977.24
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,737.80
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$794.33

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$537

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.