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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

California 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 July 2026.

How much does Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel cost?

$5,248

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,248 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,311 to $7,943.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $13,804Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $204 to $603
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $251

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
$2,344.23
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$18,197.01
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$295.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$13,489.63
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,621.81
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$338.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$602.56
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where California sits

The same service costs 28.8 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

California· 3rd of 50

$5,248

IN $7,244ND $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.