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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

Washington 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?

$724

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $490 to $3,715.

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 $724 · 10th to 90th $355 to $8,128
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $724

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
$467.74
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$131.83
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,951.21
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$912.01
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 36th of 50

$724

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.