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Colostomy With Tissue Samples From the Bowel

Nebraska 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?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 from a physician practice, and about $7,943 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$1,175$1,023 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,943$1,698 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,884
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $1,175

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,244.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 18th of 51

$1,288

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.