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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

Missouri 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?

$1,637

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,637 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$288$257 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$741 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $468 to $3,631Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,096
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $288

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
$1,548.82
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
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
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$27.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 25th of 51

$1,637

$288 physician + $1,349 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.