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Keyhole Creation of a Small Bowel Stoma

Iowa rates for HCPCS 44187

Brings a loop or end of the small intestine out through the abdominal wall to form a stoma, so waste empties into a bag on the skin instead of traveling through the rest of the bowel. It is done with keyhole surgery through several small incisions using a camera and long instruments. It may be temporary, to rest bowel further along, or permanent.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Creation of a Small Bowel Stoma cost?

$5,153

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,153 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,399 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,399$1,660 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,514 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $724 to $6,607Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $2,399

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
$1,778.28
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,019.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$8,128.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,388.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,019.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,511.89
1 more rate 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
$707.95
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 15.9 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

Iowa· 14th of 51

$5,153

$2,399 physician + $2,754 facility

ME $27,116MD $1,710

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.