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Keyhole Creation Of A Small Bowel Opening

Georgia 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 July 2026.

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

$5,370

Typical facility fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,570 to $8,913.

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 $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $11,749Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,862
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $832

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
$1,202.26
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,748.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,862.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$61.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$15,135.61

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 28.2 times more in Indiana 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· 20th of 50

$5,370

IN $18,197ND $646

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.