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Procedure price report · Colorectal resection

Open partial colon removal with end colostomy

CPT 44143the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to remove part of the colon, bring the upper end out through the abdominal wall as a stoma, and close off the lower end left inside.

Hospitals typically charge $3,419 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 535 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,444. Most fall between $1,859 and $5,483 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
535
States
49
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 535 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,093$2,168$3,419$4,981$7,225

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,093 vs $7,225).

How the prices are spread

$570 – $749: 25 hospitals$570$749 – $985: 11 hospitals$985 – $1,295: 14 hospitals$985$1,295 – $1,702: 28 hospitals$1,702 – $2,236: 52 hospitals$1,702$2,236 – $2,939: 83 hospitals$2,939 – $3,863: 86 hospitals$2,939$3,863 – $5,077: 96 hospitals$5,077 – $6,673: 59 hospitals$5,077$6,673 – $8,770: 44 hospitals$6,673median $3,419price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (498 of 535 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$570$74925
$749$98511
$985$1,29514
$1,295$1,70228
$1,702$2,23652
$2,236$2,93983
$2,939$3,86386
$3,863$5,07796
$5,077$6,67359
$6,673$8,77044

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,419.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $2,420 across 10 hospitalsVT$2,420New Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,201 across 19 hospitalsWA$3,201Idaho: median $6,256 across 10 hospitalsID$6,256Montana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,459 across 26 hospitalsMN$4,459Illinois: median $4,024 across 25 hospitalsIL$4,024Wisconsin: median $8,512 across 37 hospitalsWI$8,512Michigan: median $3,437 across 30 hospitalsMI$3,437New York: median $2,633 across 27 hospitalsNY$2,633Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $3,791 across 24 hospitalsOR$3,791Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $4,086 across 38 hospitalsIA$4,086Indiana: median $1,766 across 18 hospitalsIN$1,766Ohio: median $2,112 across 17 hospitalsOH$2,112Pennsylvania: median $3,733 across 16 hospitalsPA$3,733New Jersey: median $5,339 across 14 hospitalsNJ$5,339Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,105 across 15 hospitalsCA$2,105Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $3,569 across 11 hospitalsNE$3,569Missouri: median $2,437 across 10 hospitalsMO$2,437Kentucky: median $2,179 across 12 hospitalsKY$2,179West Virginia: median $1,852 across 13 hospitalsWV$1,852Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,806 across 21 hospitalsKS$2,806Arkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,318 across 10 hospitalsOK$2,318Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: median $5,401 across 11 hospitalsFL$5,401
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,419. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI37$8,512+149%$5,533 – $8,512
Idaho ID10$6,256+83%$570 – $6,256
Florida FL11$5,401+58%$1,648 – $7,225
New Jersey NJ14$5,339+56%$4,350 – $6,311
Minnesota MN26$4,459+30%$2,240 – $6,982
Iowa IA38$4,086+20%$2,453 – $4,212
Illinois IL25$4,024+18%$960 – $5,415
Oregon OR24$3,791+11%$3,008 – $4,752
Pennsylvania PA16$3,733+9%$570 – $4,608
Nebraska NE11$3,569+4%$2,880 – $4,436
Michigan MI30$3,437+1%$2,302 – $3,461
Washington WA19$3,201−6%$2,924 – $5,662
Kansas KS21$2,806−18%$2,111 – $3,190
New York NY27$2,633−23%$1,242 – $4,591
Missouri MO10$2,437−29%$2,114 – $2,492
Vermont VT10$2,420−29%$737 – $3,119
Oklahoma OK10$2,318−32%$2,318 – $2,318
Kentucky KY12$2,179−36%$1,660 – $2,668
Ohio OH17$2,112−38%$1,200 – $4,110
California CA15$2,105−38%$570 – $3,057
West Virginia WV13$1,852−46%$1,786 – $4,163
Indiana IN18$1,766−48%$1,445 – $3,957
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $3,419.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care300$3,013$1,612 – $5,110
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access225$3,590$2,214 – $6,127
Ownership
For-profit30$4,013$1,517 – $8,512
Government132$3,306$2,114 – $4,810
Non-profit371$3,437$1,852 – $5,625
System affiliation
Part of a system363$3,437$1,801 – $5,834
Independent172$3,255$2,060 – $5,415

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,411
Median cash price$3,419
Cash as a share of list, median hospital70%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 30%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

313 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,937 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,095; most fall between $1,547 and $5,032.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 313 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$634$1,751$2,937$4,608$8,512

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($634 vs $8,512).

Of the 376 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 313 gave a usable cash price; 30 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 33 a list price only.

How complete is this

535 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (14%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 625 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted535
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here62
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded27
Hospitals that filed this code625

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Colorectal resection family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Colectomy Prtl W/End Colostomy & Clsr Dstl Sgmt.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Open partial colon removal with end colostomy (CPT 44143) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-44143-open-partial-colon-removal-with-end-colostomy