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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

Alaska rates for HCPCS 45393

Passes a flexible camera through the rectum into the colon to relieve a dangerously swollen or twisted section of bowel, letting trapped gas and fluid escape. A drainage tube can be left in place afterwards to stop the swelling returning. It is done urgently, because a stretched bowel wall can tear or lose its blood supply.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel cost?

$2,960

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,960 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$380 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,413 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $6,607Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,349
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $871

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
$1,348.96
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$831.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,128.61
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
10 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
$123.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Alaska· 8th of 51

$2,960

$871 physician + $2,089 facility

CO $4,320MT $769

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.