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Freeing Scar Tissue Around the Intestines

South Dakota 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 October 2026.

How much does Freeing Scar Tissue Around the Intestines cost?

$3,493

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,493 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,291 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,291$1,514 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$759 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,995Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,951
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $2,291

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,943.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,951.21
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 10.1 times more in Maine 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

South Dakota· 28th of 51

$3,493

$2,291 physician + $1,202 facility

ME $17,229MD $1,710

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.