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Keyhole Ostomy Closure With Bowel Rejoining

Virginia rates for HCPCS 44227

Keyhole (laparoscopic) surgery to close an ostomy, the surgically created opening that brings the bowel out to the skin. Working through several small abdominal incisions, the surgeon frees the bowel, removes the segment that was brought out, and joins the healthy ends back together so waste passes the normal way again.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Ostomy Closure With Bowel Rejoining cost?

$7,149

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,149 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,778$1,622 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$2,138 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $19,953Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $2,239
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $1,778

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
$1,905.46
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$23,442.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,754.23
1 more rate 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
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 12.4 times more in Maine 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

Virginia· 12th of 51

$7,149

$1,778 physician + $5,370 facility

ME $28,441MD $2,300

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.