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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 October 2026.

How much does Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel cost?

$2,027

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,027 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$380 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$794 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $603 to $5,012Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $263 to $955
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,549professional $479

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,862.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$707.95
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$707.95
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$707.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$537.03
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
$117.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 51

$2,027

$479 physician + $1,549 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.