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Colostomy With Tissue Samples From the Bowel

Minnesota 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?

$2,291

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,239 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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$2,239$1,585 to $3,162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,862 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $7,413Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $3,631
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $2,239

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
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,168.69
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$2,291

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.