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Procedure price report · Colonoscopy and biopsy

Colonoscopy through a stoma to stop bleeding

CPT 44391the billing code this page is about

Exam of the colon using a flexible scope passed through a surgical opening in the abdominal wall, with treatment to control bleeding inside the bowel.

Hospitals typically charge $1,472 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 610 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,636. Most fall between $761 and $3,024 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
610
States
48
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 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
$585$891$1,472$2,581$4,277

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($585 vs $4,277).

How the prices are spread

$393 – $509: 20 hospitals$393$509 – $659: 45 hospitals$659 – $854: 40 hospitals$659$854 – $1,105: 70 hospitals$1,105 – $1,431: 88 hospitals$1,105$1,431 – $1,852: 72 hospitals$1,852 – $2,398: 79 hospitals$1,852$2,398 – $3,104: 49 hospitals$3,104 – $4,019: 48 hospitals$3,104$4,019 – $5,202: 54 hospitals$4,019median $1,472price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (565 of 610 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$393$50920
$509$65945
$659$85440
$854$1,10570
$1,105$1,43188
$1,431$1,85272
$1,852$2,39879
$2,398$3,10449
$3,104$4,01948
$4,019$5,20254

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,223
Median cash price$1,472
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.20×

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 $1,472.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,366 across 15 hospitalsWA$1,366Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,867 across 18 hospitalsMN$1,867Illinois: median $968 across 22 hospitalsIL$968Wisconsin: median $2,365 across 26 hospitalsWI$2,365Michigan: median $1,322 across 18 hospitalsMI$1,322New York: median $1,395 across 28 hospitalsNY$1,395Massachusetts: median $3,310 across 16 hospitalsMA$3,310Oregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 5 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 $1,658 across 16 hospitalsIA$1,658Indiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $3,024 across 30 hospitalsOH$3,024Pennsylvania: median $2,215 across 43 hospitalsPA$2,215New Jersey: median $3,786 across 30 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,039 across 66 hospitalsCA$3,039Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $1,483 across 10 hospitalsCO$1,483Nebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,592 across 13 hospitalsMO$1,592Kentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $1,463 across 14 hospitalsVA$1,463Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $907 across 13 hospitalsTN$907North Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $1,766 across 18 hospitalsSC$1,766Oklahoma: median $377 across 16 hospitalsOK$377Louisiana: median $883 across 13 hospitalsLA$883Mississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $891 across 25 hospitalsGA$891Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $966 across 39 hospitalsTX$966Florida: median $2,571 across 13 hospitalsFL$2,571
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,472. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ30$3,786+157%$1,306 – $5,339
Massachusetts MA16$3,310+125%$1,303 – $3,661
California CA66$3,039+106%$1,531 – $5,202
Ohio OH30$3,024+105%$1,071 – $3,624
Florida FL13$2,571+75%$1,184 – $4,388
Wisconsin WI26$2,365+61%$1,472 – $2,365
Pennsylvania PA43$2,215+50%$1,177 – $3,253
Minnesota MN18$1,867+27%$1,585 – $2,081
South Carolina SC18$1,766+20%$759 – $1,766
Iowa IA16$1,658+13%$1,658 – $1,658
Missouri MO13$1,592+8%$843 – $2,499
Colorado CO10$1,483+1%$1,191 – $1,876
Virginia VA14$1,463−1%$152 – $2,264
New York NY28$1,395−5%$645 – $1,395
Washington WA15$1,366−7%$515 – $3,178
Michigan MI18$1,322−10%$489 – $1,645
Illinois IL22$968−34%$585 – $3,124
Texas TX39$966−34%$642 – $1,765
Tennessee TN13$907−38%$487 – $1,261
Georgia GA25$891−39%$891 – $2,147
Louisiana LA13$883−40%$566 – $1,792
Oklahoma OK16$377−74%$377 – $1,940
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $1,472.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care521$1,472$762 – $3,104
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access80$1,472$702 – $2,550
Ownership
For-profit62$1,097$656 – $2,365
Government91$1,395$843 – $2,949
Non-profit454$1,550$799 – $3,122
System affiliation
Part of a system516$1,550$842 – $3,234
Independent94$1,158$648 – $2,113

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,785
Median cash price$1,472
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

459 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,658 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,726; most fall between $688 and $3,222.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 459 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
$545$891$1,658$2,914$4,410

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($545 vs $4,410).

Of the 506 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 459 gave a usable cash price; 29 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 18 a list price only.

How complete is this

610 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 666 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted610
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here40
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 — excluded15
Hospitals that filed this code666

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 Colonoscopy and biopsy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Colonoscopy Stoma Control Bleeding.

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, “Colonoscopy through a stoma to stop bleeding (CPT 44391) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-44391-colonoscopy-through-a-stoma-to-stop-bleeding