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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 July 2026.

How much does Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel cost?

$708

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $339 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $282 to $9,772
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $708

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
$295.12
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,912.51

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 37th of 50

$708

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.