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Keyhole Creation Of A Small Bowel Opening

South 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?

$4,582

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,582 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$562 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$2,512 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $20,417Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $78 to $1,023
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,890professional $692

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
$758.58
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$24,547.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$19,498.45
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82

Where South 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

South Carolina· 33rd of 51

$4,582

$692 physician + $3,890 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.