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Keyhole Removal of a Segment of Small Intestine

Mississippi 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?

$3,876

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,876 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,138 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,138$1,318 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,000 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $794 to $5,754Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $3,981
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $2,138

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
$776.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,981.07
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,238.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
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
$645.65
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 45th of 51

$3,876

$2,138 physician + $1,738 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.