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Freeing Scar Tissue Around the Intestines

Georgia 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?

$4,266

Typical facility fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,266 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,778 to $6,310.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $1,380

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
$1,778.28
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,125.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,570.40
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,890.45
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$102.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 12.3 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. 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.

Georgia· 21st of 50

$4,266

ME $13,183ND $1,072

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.