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Colostomy With Tissue Samples From the Bowel

Iowa 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?

$1,514

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,413 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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 7 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$1,413$1,047 to $2,042
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$1,514 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $891 to $4,074
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $1,413

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
$1,659.59
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,818.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,244.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$1,514

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.