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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

Louisiana 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?

$1,698

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,000 to $3,162.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $617 to $3,890
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698

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
$575.44
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 27th of 50

$1,698

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.