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Procedure price report · Colonoscopy and biopsy

Colonoscopy through a stoma with stent placement

CPT 44402the billing code this page is about

Exam of the colon through a surgical opening in the abdominal wall, with placement of a tube-shaped stent to hold a narrowed section of bowel open.

Hospitals typically charge $4,051 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 381 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,226. Most fall between $958 and $7,159 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
381
States
43
Filings dated
Dec 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 381 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
$555$1,418$4,051$7,073$10,986

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($555 vs $10,986).

How the prices are spread

$418 – $609: 23 hospitals$418$609 – $886: 32 hospitals$886 – $1,290: 16 hospitals$886$1,290 – $1,877: 44 hospitals$1,877 – $2,733: 20 hospitals$1,877$2,733 – $3,978: 34 hospitals$3,978 – $5,790: 32 hospitals$3,978$5,790 – $8,428: 107 hospitals$8,428 – $12,268: 22 hospitals$8,428$12,268 – $17,858: 21 hospitals$12,268median $4,051price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (351 of 381 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$418$60923
$609$88632
$886$1,29016
$1,290$1,87744
$1,877$2,73320
$2,733$3,97834
$3,978$5,79032
$5,790$8,428107
$8,428$12,26822
$12,268$17,85821

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,202
Median cash price$4,051
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.65×

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 $4,051.

Alaska: 1 hospital 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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $2,608 across 10 hospitalsIL$2,608Wisconsin: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $7,044 across 19 hospitalsNY$7,044Massachusetts: median $17,858 across 13 hospitalsMA$17,858Oregon: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $662 across 16 hospitalsIA$662Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $4,051 across 34 hospitalsOH$4,051Pennsylvania: median $6,206 across 21 hospitalsPA$6,206New Jersey: median $6,506 across 26 hospitalsNJ$6,506Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $7,073 across 55 hospitalsCA$7,073Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $501 across 10 hospitalsTN$501North Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $427 across 14 hospitalsOK$427Louisiana: median $1,671 across 11 hospitalsLA$1,671Mississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,777 across 21 hospitalsGA$1,777Hawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $1,595 across 29 hospitalsTX$1,595Florida: median $7,413 across 10 hospitalsFL$7,413
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,051. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA13$17,858+341%$5,440 – $17,858
Florida FL10$7,413+83%$1,176 – $7,413
California CA55$7,073+75%$1,986 – $7,073
New York NY19$7,044+74%$847 – $7,206
New Jersey NJ26$6,506+61%$5,110 – $7,010
Pennsylvania PA21$6,206+53%$2,618 – $10,064
Ohio OH34$4,0510%$3,647 – $4,596
Illinois IL10$2,608−36%$662 – $13,029
Georgia GA21$1,777−56%$1,777 – $6,360
Louisiana LA11$1,671−59%$1,020 – $1,817
Texas TX29$1,595−61%$645 – $3,572
Iowa IA16$662−84%$662 – $662
Tennessee TN10$501−88%$269 – $2,859
Oklahoma OK14$427−89%$427 – $2,178
Michigan MI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $4,051.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care335$4,379$1,125 – $7,130
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access36$1,672$606 – $10,986
Ownership
For-profit34$4,379$896 – $8,758
Government65$4,000$1,595 – $7,413
Non-profit279$4,350$835 – $7,073
System affiliation
Part of a system331$4,379$1,064 – $7,130
Independent50$2,178$847 – $7,855

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,921
Median cash price$4,051
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

283 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,572 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,830; most fall between $730 and $7,173.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 283 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
$455$1,140$3,572$7,073$13,029

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 29× what the cheapest tenth charges ($455 vs $13,029).

Of the 316 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 283 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 16 a list price only.

How complete is this

381 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 426 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted381
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here31
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 — excluded13
Hospitals that filed this code426

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 Colonoscopy and biopsy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Colonoscopy Stoma W/Endoscopic Stent Plcmt.

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 with stent placement (CPT 44402) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-44402-colonoscopy-through-a-stoma-with-stent-placement