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Freeing The Colon Bend Below The Spleen

Georgia rates for HCPCS 44139

Releases the sharp bend of the colon that sits high on the left side of the abdomen just under the spleen, cutting it free from its attachments. Freeing it gives the surgeon enough slack to bring the remaining bowel ends together without tension after a section of colon has been removed. It is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Freeing The Colon Bend Below The Spleen cost?

$3,802

Typical facility fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,288 to $5,754.

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 $3,890 · 10th to 90th $575 to $9,550Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $110 to $347
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,890professional $145

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
$120.23
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,549.93
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
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$346.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$11.22
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 112.2 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· 17th of 50

$3,802

ME $13,183ND $117

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.