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Colon Scope Decompression Through Stoma

Mississippi 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $891 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 5 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$288$229 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$479 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $269 to $2,089Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $214 to $661
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $891professional $288

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
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$630.96

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 19th of 51

$324

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.