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Colostomy With Tissue Samples From the Bowel

Pennsylvania 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?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,047 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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 9 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$1,047$977 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$1,514 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $1,047

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
$1,096.48
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$36,307.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,949.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,995.26
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,995.26
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,290.87
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,754.23
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 43rd of 51

$1,072

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.