CPT code 44388: Colonoscopy, diagnostic, through stoma2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Alabama

In Alabama, Medicare pays $316.33 for 44388 in the office and $130.17 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 44388 covers

A gastroenterologist or colorectal surgeon passes a colonoscope through a colostomy stoma to examine the colon. This approach is used when the patient’s anatomy or the clinical plan calls for examination through the stoma rather than through the anus. The service may be performed in an office or a facility. The report should identify the stoma access, the portion of colon examined, findings, and any sampling or treatment performed.

Select this diagnostic code when the examination is performed without a separately coded therapeutic intervention. If the endoscopist biopsies tissue, removes a foreign body or lesion, or treats bleeding, use the code describing that work instead. Medicare assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. Modifier 53 is separately priced for a discontinued procedure. When multiple procedures are performed in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Medicare does not pay assistant-at-surgery services for this code; co-surgeon and team-surgery services are not permitted.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Alabama compares for 44388

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 44388 runs from $311.61 in Arkansas to $468.26 in San Benito County, CA. Alabama pays $316.33. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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44388 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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How the 44388 rate is calculated

Each of 44388’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 44388

The CMS indicators that decide how 44388 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 44388

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 44388 has changed in Alabama

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Where the Alabama rate applies

Alabama is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 595 cities and communities in Alabama. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abanda
• Abbeville
• Adamsville
• Addison
• Akron
• Alabaster
• Albertville
• Alexander City

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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