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Procedure price report · Colorectal resection

Keyhole partial colon removal with rejoining of the bowel

CPT 44204the billing code this page is about

Laparoscopic surgery through small incisions to remove part of the colon and sew the remaining ends back together.

Hospitals typically charge $3,261 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 606 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,527. Most fall between $2,049 and $6,440 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
606
States
48
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 606 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
$1,227$2,246$3,261$5,419$9,422

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,227 vs $9,422).

How the prices are spread

$622 – $868: 14 hospitals$622$868 – $1,212: 17 hospitals$1,212 – $1,691: 34 hospitals$1,212$1,691 – $2,361: 76 hospitals$2,361 – $3,295: 134 hospitals$2,361$3,295 – $4,598: 112 hospitals$4,598 – $6,418: 68 hospitals$4,598$6,418 – $8,957: 60 hospitals$8,957 – $12,501: 16 hospitals$8,957$12,501 – $17,448: 16 hospitals$12,501median $3,261price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (547 of 606 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$622$86814
$868$1,21217
$1,212$1,69134
$1,691$2,36176
$2,361$3,295134
$3,295$4,598112
$4,598$6,41868
$6,418$8,95760
$8,957$12,50116
$12,501$17,44816

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,261.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $2,573 across 12 hospitalsME$2,573Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $1,935 across 11 hospitalsNH$1,935Washington: median $3,034 across 17 hospitalsWA$3,034Idaho: median $4,738 across 13 hospitalsID$4,738Montana: median $2,297 across 10 hospitalsMT$2,297North Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,367 across 27 hospitalsMN$4,367Illinois: median $4,205 across 27 hospitalsIL$4,205Wisconsin: median $7,232 across 41 hospitalsWI$7,232Michigan: median $2,737 across 34 hospitalsMI$2,737New York: median $2,484 across 29 hospitalsNY$2,484Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $3,523 across 27 hospitalsOR$3,523Nevada: 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 $3,790 across 41 hospitalsIA$3,790Indiana: median $2,049 across 17 hospitalsIN$2,049Ohio: median $3,803 across 18 hospitalsOH$3,803Pennsylvania: median $519 across 18 hospitalsPA$519New Jersey: median $5,741 across 20 hospitalsNJ$5,741Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,870 across 20 hospitalsCA$2,870Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $3,259 across 13 hospitalsCO$3,259Nebraska: median $3,409 across 11 hospitalsNE$3,409Missouri: median $2,348 across 13 hospitalsMO$2,348Kentucky: median $2,260 across 12 hospitalsKY$2,260West Virginia: median $3,861 across 14 hospitalsWV$3,861Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,871 across 26 hospitalsKS$2,871Arkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 5 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $3,220 across 11 hospitalsOK$3,220Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,109 across 14 hospitalsTX$5,109Florida: median $6,869 across 10 hospitalsFL$6,869
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,261. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI41$7,232+122%$4,192 – $7,917
Florida FL10$6,869+111%$1,332 – $23,730
New Jersey NJ20$5,741+76%$4,627 – $8,242
Texas TX14$5,109+57%$1,682 – $7,817
Idaho ID13$4,738+45%$2,760 – $25,960
Minnesota MN27$4,367+34%$2,631 – $7,212
Illinois IL27$4,205+29%$2,049 – $6,456
West Virginia WV14$3,861+18%$1,716 – $14,732
Ohio OH18$3,803+17%$1,878 – $6,935
Iowa IA41$3,790+16%$2,458 – $3,946
Oregon OR27$3,523+8%$2,796 – $4,193
Nebraska NE11$3,409+5%$2,696 – $3,527
Colorado CO13$3,2590%$2,708 – $5,035
Oklahoma OK11$3,220−1%$3,220 – $3,220
Washington WA17$3,034−7%$2,870 – $5,573
Kansas KS26$2,871−12%$2,139 – $4,113
California CA20$2,870−12%$1,654 – $4,712
Michigan MI34$2,737−16%$2,115 – $2,988
Maine ME12$2,573−21%$1,436 – $4,689
New York NY29$2,484−24%$1,183 – $3,801
Missouri MO13$2,348−28%$2,254 – $3,495
Montana MT10$2,297−30%$638 – $4,107
Kentucky KY12$2,260−31%$1,976 – $3,420
Indiana IN17$2,049−37%$785 – $3,101
New Hampshire NH11$1,935−41%$1,665 – $3,361
Pennsylvania PA18$519−84%$320 – $4,210
Alabama AL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $3,261.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care343$3,220$1,819 – $6,974
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access254$3,414$2,217 – $5,763
Ownership
For-profit41$4,635$2,049 – $17,448
Government147$3,215$2,116 – $5,257
Non-profit416$3,302$1,969 – $6,758
System affiliation
Part of a system417$3,414$2,049 – $6,869
Independent189$3,215$2,100 – $5,573

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,641
Median cash price$3,261
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

329 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,868 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,953; most fall between $1,569 and $4,698.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 329 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
$529$1,891$2,868$4,205$7,917

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($529 vs $7,917).

Of the 381 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 329 gave a usable cash price; 22 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 30 a list price only.

How complete is this

606 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 702 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted606
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here56
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded37
Hospitals that filed this code702

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 PR Lap,Surg,Colectomy, Partial, W/Anast.

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, “Keyhole partial colon removal with rejoining of the bowel (CPT 44204) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-44204-keyhole-partial-colon-removal-with-rejoining-of-the-bowel