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Colostomy With Tissue Samples From the Bowel

Illinois 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?

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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$1,230$1,023 to $1,660
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$1,259 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,905professional $1,230

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
$1,071.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$22,387.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,786.30
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 24th of 51

$1,230

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.