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Colon Scope Decompression Through Stoma

North Carolina 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $355 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$380$288 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$245 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $224 to $5,248Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $229 to $724
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $355professional $380

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
$223.87
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$457.09
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 8th of 51

$380

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.