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Opening The Small Bowel To Relieve Swelling

Nevada rates for HCPCS 44021

Opens the small intestine through an incision in the abdomen to let out gas and fluid that have built up behind a blockage, and a long tube may be threaded along the bowel to keep it emptied. Emptying the swollen bowel makes it safe to handle and takes the pressure off its wall. No length of bowel is removed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Opening The Small Bowel To Relieve Swelling cost?

$1,445

Typical facility fee. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,047 to $5,495.

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 $1,047 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $11 to $1,413
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $1,023

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
$1,047.13
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$10,232.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,762.47
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where Nevada sits

The same service costs 13.8 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.

Nevada· 39th of 50

$1,445

ME $13,183ND $955

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.