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Keyhole Surgery To Create A Colostomy

Virginia rates for HCPCS 44188

Creates an opening from the large bowel to the surface of the abdomen so stool can pass into a pouch worn on the skin. The surgeon works through several small cuts using a camera and long instruments rather than one large incision. It is done when the bowel below needs to be rested, bypassed, or protected while it heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Keyhole Surgery To Create A Colostomy cost?

$2,239

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,413 to $7,943.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $19,498Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,344professional $1,479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$14,125.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$26,302.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 19.1 times more in Maine than in Mississippi. 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.

Virginia· 37th of 50

$2,239

ME $21,878MS $1,148

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.