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Keyhole Creation Of A Small Bowel Opening

New Jersey 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?

$8,511

Typical facility fee. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,511 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6,026 to $11,749.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $13,804
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $8,511

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
$4,365.16
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$13,489.63
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$29,512.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,387.21

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 28.2 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

New Jersey $8,511 · 8th of 50
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.