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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

Montana 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?

$769

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $769 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $380 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$389$288 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$380$372 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,047Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $200 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $380professional $389

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$436.52
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$436.52
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$398.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,019.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
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
$123.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$769

$389 physician + $380 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.