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Procedure price report · Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, biopsy

Exam of a surgically made intestinal pouch, with biopsy

CPT 44386the billing code this page is about

A scope is used to examine a pouch built from small intestine after bowel surgery and one or more tissue samples are taken.

Hospitals typically charge $1,226 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 893 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,420. Most fall between $614 and $2,606 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
893
States
49
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 893 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
$378$734$1,226$2,373$3,353

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($378 vs $3,353).

How the prices are spread

$241 – $323: 17 hospitals$241$323 – $434: 44 hospitals$434 – $583: 59 hospitals$434$583 – $783: 97 hospitals$783 – $1,051: 106 hospitals$783$1,051 – $1,412: 115 hospitals$1,412 – $1,896: 108 hospitals$1,412$1,896 – $2,547: 109 hospitals$2,547 – $3,421: 111 hospitals$2,547$3,421 – $4,595: 48 hospitals$3,421median $1,226price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (814 of 893 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$241$32317
$323$43444
$434$58359
$583$78397
$783$1,051106
$1,051$1,412115
$1,412$1,896108
$1,896$2,547109
$2,547$3,421111
$3,421$4,59548

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$950
Median cash price$1,226
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.29×

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 $1,226.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $612 across 11 hospitalsNH$612Washington: median $1,954 across 15 hospitalsWA$1,954Idaho: median $2,509 across 10 hospitalsID$2,509Montana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,226 across 40 hospitalsMN$1,226Illinois: median $734 across 32 hospitalsIL$734Wisconsin: median $1,136 across 36 hospitalsWI$1,136Michigan: median $698 across 35 hospitalsMI$698New York: median $1,079 across 45 hospitalsNY$1,079Massachusetts: median $1,812 across 28 hospitalsMA$1,812Oregon: median $553 across 13 hospitalsOR$553Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 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 $734 across 24 hospitalsIA$734Indiana: median $839 across 21 hospitalsIN$839Ohio: median $2,726 across 58 hospitalsOH$2,726Pennsylvania: median $1,308 across 45 hospitalsPA$1,308New Jersey: median $1,859 across 37 hospitalsNJ$1,859Connecticut: 9 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 $2,184 across 69 hospitalsCA$2,184Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,270 across 14 hospitalsCO$1,270Nebraska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,064 across 24 hospitalsMO$1,064Kentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $337 across 15 hospitalsWV$337Virginia: median $912 across 17 hospitalsVA$912Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: median $956 across 12 hospitalsNM$956Kansas: median $505 across 10 hospitalsKS$505Arkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $549 across 11 hospitalsTN$549North Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $1,756 across 20 hospitalsSC$1,756Oklahoma: median $491 across 18 hospitalsOK$491Louisiana: median $610 across 22 hospitalsLA$610Mississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,493 across 26 hospitalsGA$1,493Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,669 across 57 hospitalsTX$1,669Florida: median $2,373 across 32 hospitalsFL$2,373
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,226. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH58$2,726+122%$2,189 – $3,074
Idaho ID10$2,509+105%$1,082 – $2,509
Florida FL32$2,373+94%$1,821 – $3,408
California CA69$2,184+78%$996 – $2,610
Washington WA15$1,954+59%$590 – $2,674
New Jersey NJ37$1,859+52%$1,074 – $5,082
Massachusetts MA28$1,812+48%$1,158 – $2,831
South Carolina SC20$1,756+43%$1,715 – $2,093
Texas TX57$1,669+36%$756 – $1,899
Georgia GA26$1,493+22%$1,493 – $2,183
Pennsylvania PA45$1,308+7%$914 – $2,567
Colorado CO14$1,270+4%$1,022 – $2,832
Minnesota MN40$1,2260%$755 – $2,221
Wisconsin WI36$1,136−7%$993 – $2,103
New York NY45$1,079−12%$714 – $4,595
Missouri MO24$1,064−13%$533 – $1,506
New Mexico NM12$956−22%$918 – $1,076
Virginia VA17$912−26%$651 – $1,131
Indiana IN21$839−32%$435 – $1,133
Iowa IA24$734−40%$444 – $734
Illinois IL32$734−40%$435 – $2,318
Michigan MI35$698−43%$331 – $1,279
New Hampshire NH11$612−50%$95 – $1,560
Louisiana LA22$610−50%$419 – $1,016
Oregon OR13$553−55%$491 – $1,343
Tennessee TN11$549−55%$334 – $1,163
Kansas KS10$505−59%$346 – $618
Oklahoma OK18$491−60%$491 – $980
West Virginia WV15$337−73%$92 – $904
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not 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 $1,226.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care733$1,454$693 – $2,610
Children’s16fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access140$812$378 – $1,565
Ownership
For-profit82$1,151$606 – $2,200
Government127$1,079$507 – $2,160
Non-profit680$1,279$647 – $2,610
System affiliation
Part of a system757$1,343$693 – $2,610
Independent136$920$325 – $1,815

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,485
Median cash price$1,226
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

610 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,357 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,436; most fall between $631 and $2,567.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 610 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
$404$734$1,357$2,276$2,790

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($404 vs $2,790).

Of the 654 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 610 gave a usable cash price; 22 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 22 a list price only.

How complete is this

893 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (23%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 960 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted893
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here46
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 — excluded20
Hospitals that filed this code960

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 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 Ndsc Eval Intstinal Pouch W/Bx Single/Multiple.

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, “Exam of a surgically made intestinal pouch, with biopsy (CPT 44386) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-44386-exam-of-a-surgically-made-intestinal-pouch-with-biopsy