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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 October 2026.

How much does Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel cost?

$1,451

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,451 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$275 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$708 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $550 to $3,388Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $245 to $427
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $355

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
$457.09
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$407.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$478.63
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
$177.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$40.74

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 27th of 51

$1,451

$355 physician + $1,096 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.