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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 July 2026.

How much does Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel cost?

$389

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $269 to $1,000.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $245 to $6,457
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $389

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
$245.47
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,309.57
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 44th of 50

$389

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.