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Colostomy With Tissue Samples From the Bowel

Oregon 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?

$1,862

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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$1,820$1,549 to $2,042
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$1,413 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $912 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,754
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,950professional $1,820

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
$5,128.61
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$23,988.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,754.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,570.40
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,398.83
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,041.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,951.21
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,090.30
12 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
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 10th of 51

$1,862

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.