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Keyhole Creation of a Small Bowel Stoma

Missouri 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?

$4,107

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,107 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,259 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $631 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $8,128
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $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
$1,778.28
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,621.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$3,162.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,630.27
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
$741.31
Typical High
$851.14

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 20th of 51

$4,107

$1,288 physician + $2,818 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.