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Keyhole Creation Of A Small Bowel Opening

Virginia 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?

$1,096

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $759 to $5,888.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $661 to $11,482Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,148
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $1,148professional $832

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
$758.58
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,288.25
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$26,915.35

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia $1,096 · 41st 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.