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Colostomy With Tissue Samples From the Bowel

Arkansas 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?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,072 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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 3 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$1,072$955 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$1,122 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,455Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $912 to $1,479
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,698professional $1,072

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
$1,122.02
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 41st of 51

$1,072

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.