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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

Utah 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?

$2,520

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,520 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$229$191 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$794 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $355 to $4,677Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $174 to $363
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $229

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
$354.81
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,548.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$478.63
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
$131.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48

Where Utah 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

Utah· 9th of 51

$2,520

$229 physician + $2,291 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.