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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

Nevada 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?

$1,885

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,885 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$263$245 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$724 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $537 to $4,467Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $214 to $380
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $263

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
$263.03
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$331.13
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$363.08
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
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 17th of 51

$1,885

$263 physician + $1,622 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.