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Keyhole Creation of a Small Bowel Stoma

Illinois 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?

$3,067

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,067 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,288$1,148 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$741 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $537 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $1,995
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,778professional $1,288

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
$831.76
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$25,118.86
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,548.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 34th of 51

$3,067

$1,288 physician + $1,778 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.