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Creation of an Ileostomy or Jejunostomy

California rates for HCPCS 44310

Brings the end or a loop of the small intestine out through the abdominal wall to form a stoma, an opening on the skin where waste drains into a pouch. It diverts bowel contents away from disease, injury, or a healing join further down. The bowel itself is stitched to the skin rather than a tube being placed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Creation of an Ileostomy or Jejunostomy cost?

$8,710

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,710 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,266 to $13,490.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $17,378Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $776 to $2,042
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $9,550professional $1,047

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
$3,715.35
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$22,908.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$17,782.79
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,290.87
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,380.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,089.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$501.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$169.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$6,456.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$17,378.01

Where California sits

The same service costs 12.9 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. 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.

California· 4th of 50

$8,710

ME $13,183ND $1,023

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.