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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

Massachusetts 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?

$2,692

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,692 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $724 to $3,388.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $309 to $4,677
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,692

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
$1,513.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,677.35
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,412.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,677.35
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 17th of 50

$2,692

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.