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Keyhole Removal of a Segment of Small Intestine

South Carolina 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?

$3,900

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,900 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$1,445$1,230 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,202 to $14,791

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $724 to $20,417Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $224 to $2,089
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $1,445

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
$1,621.81
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$24,547.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,238.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$21,379.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,398.83
11 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
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 44th of 51

$3,900

$1,445 physician + $2,455 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.