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Keyhole Removal of an Extra Bowel Segment

Georgia 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?

$3,215

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,215 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$331$282 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,288 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $813 to $10,471Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $224 to $589
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,884professional $331

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
$239.88
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$15,488.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$12,302.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$107.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,659.59
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$776.25
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
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.90

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 28th of 51

$3,215

$331 physician + $2,884 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.