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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

North Carolina 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?

$1,421

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,421 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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$550$427 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$646 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $479 to $2,818Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $316 to $813
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $871professional $550

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
$245.47
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$489.78
8 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
$123.03
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$29.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 30th of 51

$1,421

$550 physician + $871 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.