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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 October 2026.

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

$6,199

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,199 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$501 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$3,715 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $12,023Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $417 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $575

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
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,047.13
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,096.48
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 14th of 51

$6,199

$575 physician + $5,623 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.