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Keyhole Creation of a Small Bowel Stoma

Massachusetts 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?

$3,079

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,079 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,820 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,820$1,318 to $3,020
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$776 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,548Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $8,318
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $1,820

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,570.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,548.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,630.27
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,995.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,548.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,265.80
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,659.59
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
3 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
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$416.87

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 32nd of 51

$3,079

$1,820 physician + $1,259 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.