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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

Virginia 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?

$537

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $295 to $3,802.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $263 to $6,918Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $214 to $575
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $550professional $257

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
$288.40
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$87.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$512.86
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th of 50

$537

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.