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Procedure price report · Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, biopsy

Small bowel endoscopy including the ileum, diagnostic

CPT 44376the billing code this page is about

A flexible scope is passed through the mouth well past the stomach into the small intestine as far as the ileum for examination, with or without brushings or washings for testing.

Hospitals typically charge $1,957 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 768 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,951. Most fall between $720 and $3,786 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
768
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 768 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$479$772$1,957$3,153$5,339

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($479 vs $5,339).

How the prices are spread

$341 – $460: 30 hospitals$341$460 – $619: 49 hospitals$619 – $834: 85 hospitals$619$834 – $1,123: 37 hospitals$1,123 – $1,513: 59 hospitals$1,123$1,513 – $2,039: 95 hospitals$2,039 – $2,746: 143 hospitals$2,039$2,746 – $3,700: 74 hospitals$3,700 – $4,984: 69 hospitals$3,700$4,984 – $6,714: 69 hospitals$4,984median $1,957price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (710 of 768 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$341$46030
$460$61949
$619$83485
$834$1,12337
$1,123$1,51359
$1,513$2,03995
$2,039$2,746143
$2,746$3,70074
$3,700$4,98469
$4,984$6,71469

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,960
Median cash price$1,957
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.00×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,957.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,815 across 12 hospitalsWA$1,815Idaho: median $2,443 across 10 hospitalsID$2,443Montana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,266 across 18 hospitalsMN$1,266Illinois: median $938 across 30 hospitalsIL$938Wisconsin: median $2,382 across 32 hospitalsWI$2,382Michigan: median $761 across 30 hospitalsMI$761New York: median $1,068 across 36 hospitalsNY$1,068Massachusetts: median $3,345 across 20 hospitalsMA$3,345Oregon: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $720 across 19 hospitalsIA$720Indiana: median $581 across 10 hospitalsIN$581Ohio: median $3,628 across 61 hospitalsOH$3,628Pennsylvania: median $2,267 across 41 hospitalsPA$2,267New Jersey: median $2,531 across 37 hospitalsNJ$2,531Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,952 across 64 hospitalsCA$3,952Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,877 across 13 hospitalsCO$1,877Nebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,912 across 22 hospitalsMO$1,912Kentucky: median $627 across 11 hospitalsKY$627West Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $926 across 13 hospitalsVA$926Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $843 across 15 hospitalsTN$843North Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $1,767 across 19 hospitalsSC$1,767Oklahoma: median $393 across 15 hospitalsOK$393Louisiana: median $830 across 18 hospitalsLA$830Mississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,589 across 23 hospitalsGA$1,589Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,620 across 46 hospitalsTX$1,620Florida: median $2,640 across 32 hospitalsFL$2,640
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,957. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA64$3,952+102%$2,296 – $6,714
Ohio OH61$3,628+85%$2,819 – $5,672
Massachusetts MA20$3,345+71%$2,230 – $5,890
Florida FL32$2,640+35%$1,904 – $3,785
New Jersey NJ37$2,531+29%$2,201 – $5,339
Idaho ID10$2,443+25%$1,200 – $4,686
Wisconsin WI32$2,382+22%$1,817 – $2,595
Pennsylvania PA41$2,267+16%$212 – $3,345
Missouri MO22$1,912−2%$487 – $2,865
Colorado CO13$1,877−4%$1,583 – $2,872
Washington WA12$1,815−7%$1,002 – $3,915
South Carolina SC19$1,767−10%$1,281 – $1,767
Texas TX46$1,620−17%$920 – $2,045
Georgia GA23$1,589−19%$1,589 – $3,153
Minnesota MN18$1,266−35%$744 – $1,468
New York NY36$1,068−45%$725 – $2,245
Illinois IL30$938−52%$473 – $4,167
Virginia VA13$926−53%$186 – $2,353
Tennessee TN15$843−57%$296 – $1,261
Louisiana LA18$830−58%$578 – $1,741
Michigan MI30$761−61%$761 – $2,595
Iowa IA19$720−63%$464 – $720
Kentucky KY11$627−68%$581 – $7,617
Indiana IN10$581−70%$581 – $4,037
Oklahoma OK15$393−80%$393 – $2,045
Kansas KS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,957.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care635$2,045$750 – $3,880
Children’s15fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access114$1,319$581 – $2,601
Ownership
For-profit74$1,799$813 – $3,421
Government122$1,589$635 – $2,951
Non-profit568$2,045$720 – $3,952
System affiliation
Part of a system633$2,100$750 – $3,952
Independent135$1,200$540 – $2,557

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,409
Median cash price$1,957
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

533 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,957 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,041; most fall between $675 and $3,952.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 533 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$496$761$1,957$3,559$5,734

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($496 vs $5,734).

Of the 588 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 533 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 38 a list price only.

How complete is this

768 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 831 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted768
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here38
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded24
Hospitals that filed this code831

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, biopsy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Enterosc >2nd Prtn W/Ileum W/WO Collj Spec Spx.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Small bowel endoscopy including the ileum, diagnostic (CPT 44376) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-44376-small-bowel-endoscopy-including-the-ileum-diagnostic