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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 October 2026.

How much does Colostomy With Tissue Samples From the Bowel cost?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $794 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,000$955 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$479 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $240 to $6,310Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,585
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $794professional $1,000

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
$831.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$758.58
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,949.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,187.76
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,778.28
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,096.48
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$758.58
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,621.81
10 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
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$537.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$218.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$812.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$162.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 42nd of 51

$1,000

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.