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Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel

West 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 October 2026.

How much does Colonoscopy to Decompress the Bowel cost?

$1,003

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,003 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$295$240 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$562 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,778Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $209 to $617
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $708professional $295

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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
6 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
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 47th of 51

$1,003

$295 physician + $708 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.