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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

Texas 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?

$1,778

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $617 to $3,467.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $263 to $5,129
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778

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
$707.95
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,388.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,311.31
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 26th of 50

$1,778

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.