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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

Georgia 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?

$3,090

Typical facility fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,479 to $5,012.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $741 to $7,079Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $224 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $288

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
$1,778.28
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,691.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,011.87

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 13th of 50

$3,090

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.