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Closure of a Fistula Between Stomach and Colon

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 43880

Closes an abnormal channel that has formed between the stomach and the colon, allowing contents to pass directly between the two. The organs are separated and each opening is repaired. Such a channel can follow an ulcer, a tumor, inflammation, or earlier surgery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Closure of a Fistula Between Stomach and Colon cost?

$6,815

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,815 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,138 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 53 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,138$1,585 to $3,311
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$2,188 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $6,026
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $2,138

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,549.93

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 5.3 times more in California than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

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CA $11,585MD $2,174

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.