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Keyhole Removal of a Segment of Small Intestine

Alabama rates for HCPCS 44202

Through small abdominal incisions and a camera, a diseased length of small intestine is cut out and the two healthy ends are joined back together. It is used for conditions such as Crohn's disease, a blockage, a growth, or bowel damaged by injury or poor blood supply. One segment is removed and a single join is made.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Removal of a Segment of Small Intestine cost?

$8,793

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,793 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$1,349 to $2,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$2,188 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $7,413Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $7,244professional $1,549

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
$954.99
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
6 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in Maine than in Delaware. 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

Alabama· 12th of 51

$8,793

$1,549 physician + $7,244 facility

ME $28,081DE $3,299

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.