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Colostomy With Tissue Samples From the Bowel

Massachusetts 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 October 2026.

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

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 from a hospital or other facility.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,738$1,230 to $2,951
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$776 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,548Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $977 to $7,079
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $1,738

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,412.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,548.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,454.71
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,090.30
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,548.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,981.07
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$933.25
8 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$588.84
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Massachusetts· 13th of 51

$1,660

AK $3,548TX $724

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.