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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

Mississippi 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?

$1,044

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,044 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$251 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$324 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,995Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $234 to $708
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $646professional $398

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
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$676.08

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 46th of 51

$1,044

$398 physician + $646 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.