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Colonoscopy With Stretching of a Narrowed Area

West Virginia rates for HCPCS 45386

A flexible camera is passed through the anus and around the large bowel, and a balloon is inflated inside a narrowed stretch of bowel to widen it. The narrowing may be scar tissue at a previous surgical join, a stricture caused by inflammation, or another blockage to the passage of stool. Opening it up this way can relieve cramping, bloating and difficulty passing stool without an operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Colonoscopy With Stretching of a Narrowed Area cost?

$1,731

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,731 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$501$263 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$661 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $427 to $6,166Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,023
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,230professional $501

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$977.24
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$58.88

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

West Virginia· 27th of 51

$1,731

$501 physician + $1,230 facility

CO $4,165MD $964

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.