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Colostomy With Tissue Samples From the Bowel

Alaska rates for HCPCS 44322

Open surgery that brings a portion of the large bowel out through the abdominal wall so stool empties into a pouch on the skin, while tissue samples are taken from several points along the bowel during the same operation. The samples are examined under a microscope to work out which stretch of bowel is not working normally.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Colostomy With Tissue Samples From the Bowel cost?

$2,239

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,570 from a physician practice, and about $1,479 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,570$1,072 to $4,074
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,479$1,175 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $3,236Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $5,754
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $2,570

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
$2,884.03
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,090.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,454.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,456.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,454.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$2,239

CA $2,399KY $1,000

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.