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Procedure price report · Other OR lower GI therapeutic procedures

Surgical repair of a single hole in the small intestine

CPT 44602the billing code this page is about

Open operation to stitch closed one perforation in the small bowel.

Hospitals typically charge $2,955 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 497 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,111. Most fall between $1,693 and $5,318 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
497
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 497 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
$1,358$1,981$2,955$4,551$7,244

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,358 vs $7,244).

How the prices are spread

$651 – $844: 8 hospitals$651$844 – $1,093: 8 hospitals$1,093 – $1,415: 25 hospitals$1,093$1,415 – $1,834: 47 hospitals$1,834 – $2,375: 71 hospitals$1,834$2,375 – $3,077: 82 hospitals$3,077 – $3,985: 76 hospitals$3,077$3,985 – $5,163: 50 hospitals$5,163 – $6,688: 35 hospitals$5,163$6,688 – $8,663: 49 hospitals$6,688median $2,955price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (451 of 497 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$651$8448
$844$1,0938
$1,093$1,41525
$1,415$1,83447
$1,834$2,37571
$2,375$3,07782
$3,077$3,98576
$3,985$5,16350
$5,163$6,68835
$6,688$8,66349

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,939
Median cash price$2,955
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.75×

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 $2,955.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 9 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 $2,770 across 15 hospitalsWA$2,770Idaho: median $8,663 across 10 hospitalsID$8,663Montana: median $3,138 across 10 hospitalsMT$3,138North Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,985 across 26 hospitalsMN$3,985Illinois: median $2,643 across 20 hospitalsIL$2,643Wisconsin: median $7,205 across 33 hospitalsWI$7,205Michigan: median $2,600 across 31 hospitalsMI$2,600New York: median $2,322 across 35 hospitalsNY$2,322Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $3,640 across 22 hospitalsOR$3,640Nevada: 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $3,466 across 29 hospitalsIA$3,466Indiana: median $1,358 across 11 hospitalsIN$1,358Ohio: median $2,201 across 15 hospitalsOH$2,201Pennsylvania: median $2,471 across 12 hospitalsPA$2,471New Jersey: median $5,110 across 15 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 $2,458 across 14 hospitalsCA$2,458Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,882 across 11 hospitalsCO$2,882Nebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $2,082 across 11 hospitalsMO$2,082Kentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,533 across 16 hospitalsWV$1,533Virginia: 3 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,015 across 16 hospitalsKS$2,015Arkansas: 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,955 across 11 hospitalsOK$2,955Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 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: median $3,365 across 11 hospitalsTX$3,365Florida: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,955. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID10$8,663+193%$2,760 – $8,663
Wisconsin WI33$7,205+144%$4,874 – $8,528
New Jersey NJ15$5,110+73%$4,350 – $5,855
Minnesota MN26$3,985+35%$2,420 – $5,977
Oregon OR22$3,640+23%$2,562 – $4,047
Iowa IA29$3,466+17%$2,028 – $3,466
Texas TX11$3,365+14%$1,825 – $4,123
Montana MT10$3,138+6%$1,571 – $4,215
Oklahoma OK11$2,9550%$2,955 – $2,955
Colorado CO11$2,882−2%$2,247 – $3,684
Washington WA15$2,770−6%$2,218 – $4,200
Illinois IL20$2,643−11%$1,358 – $3,713
Michigan MI31$2,600−12%$1,998 – $5,301
Pennsylvania PA12$2,471−16%$2,155 – $2,989
California CA14$2,458−17%$937 – $3,985
New York NY35$2,322−21%$887 – $4,160
Ohio OH15$2,201−25%$1,371 – $5,238
Missouri MO11$2,082−30%$1,852 – $2,120
Kansas KS16$2,015−32%$1,294 – $3,446
West Virginia WV16$1,533−48%$1,532 – $3,890
Indiana IN11$1,358−54%$1,129 – $1,425
Florida FL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not 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 MA1not 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 $2,955.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care304$2,955$1,532 – $4,988
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access185$2,910$1,781 – $5,977
Ownership
For-profit39$3,985$1,358 – $8,663
Government112$2,770$1,701 – $4,123
Non-profit345$2,955$1,734 – $5,855
System affiliation
Part of a system345$2,955$1,656 – $5,977
Independent152$2,770$1,852 – $4,695

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,881
Median cash price$2,955
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

280 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,643 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,698; most fall between $1,472 and $4,093.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 280 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
$987$1,693$2,643$3,820$7,205

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($987 vs $7,205).

Of the 338 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 280 gave a usable cash price; 38 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 20 a list price only.

How complete is this

497 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 597 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted497
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here71
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded27
Hospitals that filed this code597

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 Other OR lower GI therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Enterorrhaphy Single Perforation.

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, “Surgical repair of a single hole in the small intestine (CPT 44602) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-44602-surgical-repair-of-a-single-hole-in-the-small-intestine