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Colostomy With Tissue Samples From the Bowel

Nevada 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?

$1,047

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,047 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,047 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,047$832 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$851 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $525 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,380
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $1,047

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
$1,096.48
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$1,445.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,258.93
6 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
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 39th of 51

$1,047

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.