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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

Iowa 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?

$2,188

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $550 to $4,266.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $417 to $6,761Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,380
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $617

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
$812.83
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$676.08
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 22nd of 50

$2,188

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.