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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

Kentucky 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?

$1,085

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,085 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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$214$200 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$447 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $263 to $5,495Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $170 to $407
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $871professional $214

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
$239.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$281.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,071.52
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,047.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
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
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 45th of 51

$1,085

$214 physician + $871 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.