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Keyhole Creation of a Small Bowel Stoma

Rhode Island 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?

$2,583

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,583 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$1,230 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$575 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $372 to $5,754Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $1,778
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $1,380

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 42nd of 51

$2,583

$1,380 physician + $1,202 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.