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Keyhole Removal of a Segment of Small Intestine

Tennessee 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?

$3,989

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,989 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$1,698$1,445 to $9,772
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,000 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $525 to $6,607Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $11,220
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $1,698

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
$2,454.71
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,238.72
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,818.38
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
$616.60
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 43rd of 51

$3,989

$1,698 physician + $2,291 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.