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Procedure price report · Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, biopsy

Small bowel endoscopy with stent placement

CPT 44379the billing code this page is about

A scope is passed through the mouth deep into the small intestine, including the last segment, and a stent is placed to hold a narrowed area open.

Hospitals typically charge $3,963 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 329 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,330. Most fall between $1,034 and $7,761 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
329
States
40
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 329 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
$669$1,402$3,963$7,173$10,506

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($669 vs $10,506).

How the prices are spread

$511 – $691: 24 hospitals$511$691 – $935: 12 hospitals$935 – $1,266: 29 hospitals$935$1,266 – $1,712: 4 hospitals$1,712 – $2,317: 17 hospitals$1,712$2,317 – $3,135: 17 hospitals$3,135 – $4,242: 56 hospitals$3,135$4,242 – $5,739: 27 hospitals$5,739 – $7,765: 64 hospitals$5,739$7,765 – $10,506: 48 hospitals$7,765median $3,963price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (298 of 329 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$511$69124
$691$93512
$935$1,26629
$1,266$1,7124
$1,712$2,31717
$2,317$3,13517
$3,135$4,24256
$4,242$5,73927
$5,739$7,76564
$7,765$10,50648

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,202
Median cash price$3,963
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.64×

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 $3,963.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMNIllinois: median $1,961 across 19 hospitalsIL$1,961Wisconsin: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $1,262 across 11 hospitalsMI$1,262New York: median $7,044 across 21 hospitalsNY$7,044Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceORNevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $1,034 across 15 hospitalsIA$1,034Indiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: median $4,200 across 36 hospitalsOH$4,200Pennsylvania: median $7,173 across 19 hospitalsPA$7,173New Jersey: median $6,506 across 26 hospitalsNJ$6,506Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,900 across 48 hospitalsCA$3,900Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $669 across 12 hospitalsOK$669Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $3,859 across 15 hospitalsGA$3,859Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $8,567 across 16 hospitalsTX$8,567Florida: median $7,576 across 13 hospitalsFL$7,576
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,963. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Texas TX16$8,567+116%$5,506 – $8,567
Florida FL13$7,576+91%$7,576 – $8,528
Pennsylvania PA19$7,173+81%$5,972 – $10,064
New York NY21$7,044+78%$1,328 – $7,206
New Jersey NJ26$6,506+64%$5,110 – $7,010
Ohio OH36$4,200+6%$2,466 – $4,379
California CA48$3,900−2%$3,812 – $10,506
Georgia GA15$3,859−3%$3,859 – $3,859
Illinois IL19$1,961−51%$316 – $2,002
Michigan MI11$1,262−68%$1,262 – $8,348
Iowa IA15$1,034−74%$650 – $1,034
Oklahoma OK12$669−83%$669 – $669
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI1not 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 $3,963.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care295$4,200$1,132 – $7,761
Children’s4fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access27$1,262$586 – $8,567
Ownership
For-profit36$3,859$669 – $6,206
Government49$6,275$1,132 – $8,528
Non-profit241$3,900$1,034 – $7,578
System affiliation
Part of a system281$4,200$1,047 – $7,761
Independent48$3,002$833 – $7,450

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,461
Median cash price$3,963
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

230 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,900 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,400; most fall between $980 and $8,567.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 230 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
$669$1,034$3,900$7,576$10,506

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($669 vs $10,506).

Of the 267 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 230 gave a usable cash price; 22 carried a plausibility flag, 2 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 13 a list price only.

How complete is this

329 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 364 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted329
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here24
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded3
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code364

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 5, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 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 Enteroscopy > 2nd Prtn W/Ileum W/Stent Plmt.

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 with stent placement (CPT 44379) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-44379-small-bowel-endoscopy-with-stent-placement