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Colon Scope Decompression Through Stoma

Oklahoma 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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$245$224 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$708 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $275 to $6,310Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $214 to $389
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $245

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
$501.19
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$398.11

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 43rd of 51

$269

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.