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Keyhole Creation of a Small Bowel Stoma

Nebraska 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?

$5,922

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,922 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,455 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$2,455$1,995 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$794 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $562 to $11,482Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $8,128
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $2,455

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
$4,365.16
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$19,952.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$8,128.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,884.03
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
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$794.33

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 11th of 51

$5,922

$2,455 physician + $3,467 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.