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Keyhole Creation Of A Small Bowel Opening

Minnesota 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?

$3,631

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,631 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,738 to $9,120.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $776 to $16,982
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631

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
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$26,302.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$15,488.17

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 28th of 50

$3,631

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.