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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

Indiana 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?

$3,153

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,153 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$269$245 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,000 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $631 to $8,318Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $204 to $398
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $269

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
$245.47
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$338.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,318.26
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,047.13
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,698.24
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
6 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
$123.03
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$34.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 6th of 51

$3,153

$269 physician + $2,884 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.