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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

New York 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?

$4,169

Typical facility fee. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,169 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,630 to $6,310.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $427 to $8,511
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169

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
$346.74
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,120.11
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$831.76
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86

Where New York 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.

New York· 6th of 50

$4,169

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.