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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

South Dakota 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?

$1,321

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,321 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$398 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$355 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,698Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $302 to $708
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $562

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,862.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,047.13
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$707.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
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
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.12

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 33rd of 51

$1,321

$562 physician + $759 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.