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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

Illinois 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?

$1,697

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,697 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$316$263 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$1,000 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $708 to $4,074Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $245 to $427
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,380professional $316

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
$512.86
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$407.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$338.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$512.86
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
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 21st of 51

$1,697

$316 physician + $1,380 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.