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Freeing Scar Tissue Around the Intestines

Montana 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?

$1,862

Typical facility fee. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,514 to $1,950.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $2,239
$1K$2Kfacility $1,862

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 37th of 50

$1,862

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.