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Procedure price report · Colostomy, temporary and permanent

Simple revision of a colostomy

CPT 44340the billing code this page is about

Minor surgery to revise an existing colon stoma by releasing surface scar tissue around it.

Hospitals typically charge $2,210 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 553 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,514. Most fall between $967 and $5,109 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
553
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 553 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
$693$1,047$2,210$4,332$8,904

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($693 vs $8,904).

How the prices are spread

$577 – $777: 39 hospitals$577$777 – $1,046: 73 hospitals$1,046 – $1,408: 60 hospitals$1,046$1,408 – $1,896: 64 hospitals$1,896 – $2,553: 32 hospitals$1,896$2,553 – $3,438: 52 hospitals$3,438 – $4,629: 81 hospitals$3,438$4,629 – $6,233: 32 hospitals$6,233 – $8,393: 29 hospitals$6,233$8,393 – $11,301: 50 hospitals$8,393median $2,210price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (512 of 553 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$577$77739
$777$1,04673
$1,046$1,40860
$1,408$1,89664
$1,896$2,55332
$2,553$3,43852
$3,438$4,62981
$4,629$6,23332
$6,233$8,39329
$8,393$11,30150

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,620
Median cash price$2,210
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.61×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,210.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,245 across 14 hospitalsWA$1,245Idaho: median $3,025 across 11 hospitalsID$3,025Montana: 5 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 $2,560 across 16 hospitalsMN$2,560Illinois: median $1,205 across 18 hospitalsIL$1,205Wisconsin: median $3,184 across 28 hospitalsWI$3,184Michigan: median $918 across 32 hospitalsMI$918New York: median $3,044 across 36 hospitalsNY$3,044Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,541 across 17 hospitalsOR$1,541Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 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 $1,532 across 28 hospitalsIA$1,532Indiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $6,359 across 25 hospitalsOH$6,359Pennsylvania: median $1,399 across 24 hospitalsPA$1,399New Jersey: median $4,585 across 30 hospitalsNJ$4,585Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $7,322 across 53 hospitalsCA$7,322Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,108 across 16 hospitalsWV$1,108Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,036 across 22 hospitalsOK$1,036Louisiana: median $1,870 across 11 hospitalsLA$1,870Mississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,954 across 23 hospitalsTX$3,954Florida: median $4,931 across 11 hospitalsFL$4,931
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,210. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA53$7,322+231%$1,820 – $11,301
Ohio OH25$6,359+188%$1,552 – $10,946
Florida FL11$4,931+123%$2,413 – $11,690
New Jersey NJ30$4,585+108%$4,052 – $5,339
Texas TX23$3,954+79%$3,954 – $4,690
Wisconsin WI28$3,184+44%$2,907 – $3,971
New York NY36$3,044+38%$988 – $4,332
Idaho ID11$3,025+37%$1,382 – $8,768
Minnesota MN16$2,560+16%$1,598 – $2,592
Louisiana LA11$1,870−15%$1,155 – $5,587
Oregon OR17$1,541−30%$1,155 – $1,733
Iowa IA28$1,532−31%$1,213 – $1,822
Pennsylvania PA24$1,399−37%$406 – $6,189
Washington WA14$1,245−44%$1,162 – $6,598
Illinois IL18$1,205−45%$577 – $5,346
West Virginia WV16$1,108−50%$693 – $4,118
Oklahoma OK22$1,036−53%$1,036 – $3,668
Michigan MI32$918−58%$782 – $2,907
Missouri MO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not 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 $2,210.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care400$2,907$996 – $6,247
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access141$1,493$889 – $2,907
Ownership
For-profit42$2,707$918 – $5,783
Government100$1,627$1,129 – $4,332
Non-profit410$2,413$937 – $5,419
System affiliation
Part of a system428$2,592$934 – $5,685
Independent125$1,500$987 – $3,440

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,201
Median cash price$2,210
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

312 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,740 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,200; most fall between $918 and $5,685.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 312 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
$619$988$1,740$4,039$10,469

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($619 vs $10,469).

Of the 342 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 312 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

553 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 618 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted553
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here45
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded18
Hospitals that filed this code618

Sections not shown for this setting

  • 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 Revj Colostomy Smpl Rls Supfc Scar Spx.

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, “Simple revision of a colostomy (CPT 44340) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-44340-simple-revision-of-a-colostomy