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Procedure price report · Colostomy, temporary and permanent

Creation of a colostomy or skin-level cecostomy

CPT 44320the billing code this page is about

Surgery to bring the colon out through the abdominal wall as a stoma for stool to pass into a bag, or to open the first part of the colon at skin level.

Hospitals typically charge $2,400 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 484 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,653. Most fall between $1,385 and $4,881 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
484
States
47
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 484 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
$875$1,675$2,400$3,986$6,191

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($875 vs $6,191).

How the prices are spread

$640 – $818: 21 hospitals$640$818 – $1,047: 11 hospitals$1,047 – $1,339: 37 hospitals$1,047$1,339 – $1,712: 32 hospitals$1,712 – $2,190: 84 hospitals$1,712$2,190 – $2,801: 61 hospitals$2,801 – $3,583: 73 hospitals$2,801$3,583 – $4,583: 35 hospitals$4,583 – $5,861: 42 hospitals$4,583$5,861 – $7,497: 43 hospitals$5,861median $2,400price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (439 of 484 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$640$81821
$818$1,04711
$1,047$1,33937
$1,339$1,71232
$1,712$2,19084
$2,190$2,80161
$2,801$3,58373
$3,583$4,58335
$4,583$5,86142
$5,861$7,49743

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,400.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,196 across 14 hospitalsWA$2,196Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,429 across 26 hospitalsMN$3,429Illinois: median $2,308 across 22 hospitalsIL$2,308Wisconsin: median $6,191 across 32 hospitalsWI$6,191Michigan: median $2,015 across 32 hospitalsMI$2,015New York: median $1,987 across 25 hospitalsNY$1,987Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $2,767 across 21 hospitalsOR$2,767Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,954 across 32 hospitalsIA$2,954Indiana: median $1,648 across 13 hospitalsIN$1,648Ohio: median $3,472 across 13 hospitalsOH$3,472Pennsylvania: median $875 across 20 hospitalsPA$875New Jersey: median $5,110 across 14 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,079 across 13 hospitalsCA$2,079Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $2,519 across 10 hospitalsNE$2,519Missouri: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: median $1,452 across 14 hospitalsKY$1,452West Virginia: median $1,343 across 12 hospitalsWV$1,343Virginia: 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,708 across 13 hospitalsKS$1,708Arkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 1 hospital 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 $1,973 across 12 hospitalsOK$1,973Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,136 across 11 hospitalsTX$4,136Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,400. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI32$6,191+158%$6,191 – $7,497
New Jersey NJ14$5,110+113%$4,031 – $6,311
Texas TX11$4,136+72%$1,676 – $6,711
Ohio OH13$3,472+45%$1,850 – $5,177
Minnesota MN26$3,429+43%$2,056 – $5,413
Iowa IA32$2,954+23%$2,005 – $3,043
Oregon OR21$2,767+15%$2,196 – $3,282
Nebraska NE10$2,519+5%$2,072 – $2,976
Illinois IL22$2,308−4%$1,140 – $3,854
Washington WA14$2,196−9%$1,988 – $2,736
California CA13$2,079−13%$824 – $3,185
Michigan MI32$2,015−16%$1,675 – $2,221
New York NY25$1,987−17%$875 – $2,964
Oklahoma OK12$1,973−18%$1,973 – $1,973
Kansas KS13$1,708−29%$691 – $2,293
Indiana IN13$1,648−31%$1,140 – $3,328
Kentucky KY14$1,452−39%$1,198 – $3,328
West Virginia WV12$1,343−44%$1,311 – $3,021
Pennsylvania PA20$875−64%$640 – $3,581
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not 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
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA3not 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
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not 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 $2,400.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care295$2,196$1,222 – $4,228
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access179$2,592$1,731 – $5,204
Ownership
For-profit34$3,419$1,140 – $10,960
Government107$2,339$1,436 – $3,643
Non-profit342$2,513$1,368 – $5,177
System affiliation
Part of a system347$2,696$1,343 – $5,339
Independent137$2,308$1,429 – $3,643

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,378
Median cash price$2,400
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

277 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,270 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,395; most fall between $1,255 and $3,666.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 277 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
$807$1,462$2,270$3,401$6,191

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($807 vs $6,191).

Of the 324 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 277 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 26 a list price only.

How complete is this

484 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (12%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 562 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted484
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here50
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 code562

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 Colostomy, temporary and permanent family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Colostomy/Skin Level Cecostomy.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Creation of a colostomy or skin-level cecostomy (CPT 44320) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-44320-creation-of-a-colostomy-or-skin-level-cecostomy