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Partial Colon Removal With Stoma And Second Opening

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 44144

Removes a diseased section of the colon and brings both cut ends out through the abdominal wall — one as a stoma that empties into a bag, the other as a small opening draining the segment left beyond it. The bowel is deliberately not rejoined at this operation, leaving that to a later one.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Partial Colon Removal With Stoma And Second Opening cost?

$4,746

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,746 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,884$1,995 to $4,786
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$794 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,981Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $11,749
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $2,884

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,162.28
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,128.61
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,630.27
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
10 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
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 7.6 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

Massachusetts· 23rd of 51

$4,746

$2,884 physician + $1,862 facility

ME $18,140MD $2,382

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.