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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

Minnesota 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?

$955

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $661 to $1,950.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $309 to $3,981
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955

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
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 33rd of 50

$955

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.