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Keyhole Removal of an Extra Bowel Segment

Alabama rates for HCPCS 44203

Removes a further segment of small intestine and joins the healthy ends together, during the same keyhole operation in which one segment has already been taken out. The surgeon works through small abdominal incisions using a camera and long instruments. It is billed in addition to the main procedure for each extra segment removed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Removal of an Extra Bowel Segment cost?

$7,520

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,520 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$275$251 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$2,570 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $7,413Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $214 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $7,244professional $275

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
$478.63
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
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
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$338.84
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
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$436.52
5 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
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 36.6 times more in Maine than in Montana. 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· 8th of 51

$7,520

$275 physician + $7,244 facility

ME $27,224MT $743

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.