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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

South 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 October 2026.

How much does Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel cost?

$1,173

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,173 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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$302$251 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$724 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $589 to $4,467Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $214 to $437
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $871professional $302

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
$295.12
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$512.86
6 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
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$1,173

$302 physician + $871 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.