go back

Keyhole Creation Of A Small Bowel Opening

North Carolina 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?

$5,826

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,826 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,148$912 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$2,455 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $724 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,862
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $1,148

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
$645.65
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$912.01
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,230.27
6 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
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 18th of 51

$5,826

$1,148 physician + $4,677 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.