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Procedure price report · Colonoscopy and biopsy

Colonoscopy through a stoma to relieve bowel distension

CPT 44408the billing code this page is about

A scope is passed through a surgical opening in the abdominal wall into the colon to release trapped gas and contents from a blocked or twisted bowel, including placement of a drainage tube if done.

Hospitals typically charge $1,433 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 362 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,607. Most fall between $757 and $3,179 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
362
States
44
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 362 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
$510$937$1,433$2,726$3,661

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($510 vs $3,661).

How the prices are spread

$379 – $490: 17 hospitals$379$490 – $633: 22 hospitals$633 – $818: 23 hospitals$633$818 – $1,058: 36 hospitals$1,058 – $1,368: 52 hospitals$1,058$1,368 – $1,769: 55 hospitals$1,769 – $2,287: 29 hospitals$1,769$2,287 – $2,957: 27 hospitals$2,957 – $3,823: 54 hospitals$2,957$3,823 – $4,943: 14 hospitals$3,823median $1,433price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (329 of 362 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$379$49017
$490$63322
$633$81823
$818$1,05836
$1,058$1,36852
$1,368$1,76955
$1,769$2,28729
$2,287$2,95727
$2,957$3,82354
$3,823$4,94314

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$950
Median cash price$1,433
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.51×

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 $1,433.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 1 hospital 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,572 across 16 hospitalsIL$1,572Wisconsin: median $1,481 across 11 hospitalsWI$1,481Michigan: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $1,079 across 21 hospitalsNY$1,079Massachusetts: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 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 $629 across 15 hospitalsIA$629Indiana: median $1,018 across 13 hospitalsIN$1,018Ohio: median $3,179 across 23 hospitalsOH$3,179Pennsylvania: median $1,963 across 23 hospitalsPA$1,963New Jersey: median $3,470 across 27 hospitalsNJ$3,470Connecticut: 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 $3,478 across 46 hospitalsCA$3,478Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 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 $379 across 13 hospitalsOK$379Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,433 across 15 hospitalsGA$1,433Hawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $1,450 across 26 hospitalsTX$1,450Florida: median $2,037 across 12 hospitalsFL$2,037
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,433. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA46$3,478+143%$2,184 – $3,478
New Jersey NJ27$3,470+142%$1,010 – $5,339
Ohio OH23$3,179+122%$1,076 – $3,199
Florida FL12$2,037+42%$1,076 – $4,943
Pennsylvania PA23$1,963+37%$1,044 – $2,954
Illinois IL16$1,572+10%$1,572 – $2,611
Wisconsin WI11$1,481+3%$1,481 – $1,481
Texas TX26$1,450+1%$671 – $1,450
Georgia GA15$1,4330%$1,433 – $1,433
New York NY21$1,079−25%$749 – $1,104
Indiana IN13$1,018−29%$891 – $1,440
Iowa IA15$629−56%$629 – $629
Oklahoma OK13$379−74%$379 – $1,859
Massachusetts MA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not 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
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $1,433.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care315$1,433$757 – $3,199
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access37$1,481$629 – $2,433
Ownership
For-profit28$1,190$760 – $1,850
Government57$1,433$800 – $2,963
Non-profit273$1,450$749 – $3,205
System affiliation
Part of a system312$1,450$827 – $3,199
Independent50$1,040$494 – $2,178

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,905
Median cash price$1,433
Cash as a share of list, median hospital56%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 44%. 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

232 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,865 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,913; most fall between $640 and $3,437.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 232 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
$423$749$1,865$3,157$3,661

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($423 vs $3,661).

Of the 264 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 232 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

362 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 405 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted362
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here32
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 — excluded10
Hospitals that filed this code405

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 Through Stoma With Decompression.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Colonoscopy through a stoma to relieve bowel distension (CPT 44408) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-44408-colonoscopy-through-a-stoma-to-relieve-bowel-distension