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Keyhole Creation Of A Small Bowel Opening

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 44186

Uses a camera and instruments passed through small abdominal incisions to bring a loop of the small intestine up and create an opening for a tube through the abdominal wall. The tube allows feeding directly into the intestine, or lets pressure out when the gut above is blocked. The abdomen is not opened with a large incision.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Creation Of A Small Bowel Opening cost?

$5,788

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,788 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$776$676 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$2,291 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $7,244Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $617 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $776

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
$776.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 5.3 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Arkansas· 19th of 51

$5,788

$776 physician + $5,012 facility

CO $11,104MT $2,095

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.