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Keyhole Colon Removal With A Colostomy

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 44206

Removes a segment of the colon through several small incisions using a camera and long instruments, then brings the upstream end out through the abdominal wall as a colostomy and closes off the remaining downstream end. Stool collects in a bag rather than passing through the lower bowel. It is used when joining the bowel back together immediately would be unsafe, such as with infection, obstruction, or perforation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Keyhole Colon Removal With A Colostomy cost?

$7,592

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,592 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 53 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,344$1,698 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$2,455 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $16,596Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $5,623
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $2,344

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$20,892.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,549.93

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 6.8 times more in Wisconsin than in Maryland. 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

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WI $15,283MD $2,256

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.