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Colostomy With Tissue Samples From the Bowel

South Carolina 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?

$1,175

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,122 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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$1,122$1,000 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$1,148 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $12,303Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,698
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,413professional $1,122

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
$1,174.90
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,041.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 29th of 51

$1,175

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.