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Opening The Small Bowel To Explore Or Take A Sample

Wyoming rates for HCPCS 44020

Opens the small intestine through an incision in the abdomen so the surgeon can look inside it, take a tissue sample, or remove a swallowed or stuck object, then closes the opening. No length of bowel is removed and the ends are not rejoined. It is used when the area cannot be reached or dealt with using a swallowed telescope.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Opening The Small Bowel To Explore Or Take A Sample cost?

$4,308

Typical total for the visit. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,308 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,020 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,020$1,905 to $3,890
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$1,072 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $977 to $19,055Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $4,677
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,288professional $3,020

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
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Wyoming sits

The same service costs 10.6 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

Wyoming· 16th of 51

$4,308

$3,020 physician + $1,288 facility

ME $16,747MD $1,586

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.