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Unlisted Operation On The Mesentery Or A Bowel Pouch

Georgia rates for HCPCS 44899

Covers an operation on the mesentery, the fan of tissue that anchors the intestines and carries their blood supply, or on a Meckel's diverticulum, a small pouch left over from before birth on the small intestine, where the operation has no standard named form of its own. The surgeon submits a written description of what was done so the health plan can review it. What it involves depends entirely on the individual case.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Unlisted Operation On The Mesentery Or A Bowel Pouch cost?

$3,631

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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$1,259$1,259 to $3,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$1,288 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $603 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $603 to $4,571
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $1,259

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
$4,466.84
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$11,748.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69,183.10
Median
$69,183.10
Typical High
$69,183.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 467.7 times more in Wisconsin than in Hawaii. 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.

Georgia· 26th of 50

$3,631

WI $13,804HI $29.51

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.