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Freeing Scar Tissue Around the Intestines

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 44005

Divides bands of scar tissue that have formed between loops of intestine, or between the bowel and the abdominal wall, usually after earlier surgery or inflammation. Freeing the bowel relieves kinking and blockage and lets it move normally again. It calls for careful, unhurried dissection to avoid injuring the bowel wall.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Freeing Scar Tissue Around the Intestines cost?

$6,574

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,574 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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$1,445$1,096 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$1,862 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $933 to $3,631
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $5,129professional $1,445

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
$1,288.25
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$9,549.93

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 7.4 times more in Nebraska than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee
NE $12,005MD $1,611

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.