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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

Ohio 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?

$1,223

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,223 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$245$204 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$676 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $525 to $5,248Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $195 to $380
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $977professional $245

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
$707.95
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,202.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$302.00
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$363.08
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58
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
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$35.48

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 39th of 51

$1,223

$245 physician + $977 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.