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Keyhole Creation Of A Small Bowel Opening

Texas 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?

$3,715

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,148 to $7,079.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $759 to $12,023
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715

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
$1,000.00
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$14,791.08
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,801.89
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$16,982.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,445.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$14,791.08

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 27th of 50

$3,715

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.