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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

New Mexico 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?

$1,259

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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$347$275 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$708 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $575 to $4,365Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $251 to $437
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $912professional $347

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86
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
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 34th of 51

$1,259

$347 physician + $912 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.