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Procedure price report · Other OR lower GI therapeutic procedures

Open repair of a hole or tear in the large intestine

CPT 44604the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to stitch closed one or more holes, tears, or injuries in the colon, without creating a colostomy.

Hospitals typically charge $2,337 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 503 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,496. Most fall between $1,391 and $4,850 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
503
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 503 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
$1,061$1,501$2,337$4,017$6,010

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,061 vs $6,010).

How the prices are spread

$580 – $786: 14 hospitals$580$786 – $1,065: 13 hospitals$1,065 – $1,444: 54 hospitals$1,065$1,444 – $1,956: 93 hospitals$1,956 – $2,651: 102 hospitals$1,956$2,651 – $3,592: 64 hospitals$3,592 – $4,868: 40 hospitals$3,592$4,868 – $6,597: 50 hospitals$6,597 – $8,939: 15 hospitals$6,597$8,939 – $12,114: 8 hospitals$8,939median $2,337price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (453 of 503 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$580$78614
$786$1,06513
$1,065$1,44454
$1,444$1,95693
$1,956$2,651102
$2,651$3,59264
$3,592$4,86840
$4,868$6,59750
$6,597$8,93915
$8,939$12,1148

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,337.

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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $1,349 across 10 hospitalsNH$1,349Washington: median $2,112 across 19 hospitalsWA$2,112Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 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 $2,834 across 25 hospitalsMN$2,834Illinois: median $2,510 across 23 hospitalsIL$2,510Wisconsin: median $5,384 across 34 hospitalsWI$5,384Michigan: median $2,044 across 31 hospitalsMI$2,044New York: median $1,863 across 25 hospitalsNY$1,863Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,497 across 20 hospitalsOR$2,497Nevada: 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 $2,601 across 37 hospitalsIA$2,601Indiana: median $1,431 across 16 hospitalsIN$1,431Ohio: median $1,630 across 15 hospitalsOH$1,630Pennsylvania: median $2,599 across 10 hospitalsPA$2,599New 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 $1,934 across 14 hospitalsCA$1,934Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $2,385 across 13 hospitalsNE$2,385Missouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,841 across 13 hospitalsWV$1,841Virginia: 3 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: 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 $1,625 across 13 hospitalsKS$1,625Arkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 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 $1,474 across 12 hospitalsOK$1,474Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,741 across 12 hospitalsTX$2,741Florida: median $13,034 across 15 hospitalsFL$13,034
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,337. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL15$13,034+458%$4,722 – $30,321
New Jersey NJ20$5,741+146%$4,350 – $7,785
Wisconsin WI34$5,384+130%$3,443 – $5,418
Minnesota MN25$2,834+21%$1,505 – $5,332
Texas TX12$2,741+17%$1,697 – $11,623
Iowa IA37$2,601+11%$1,684 – $3,014
Pennsylvania PA10$2,599+11%$364 – $3,311
Illinois IL23$2,510+7%$1,199 – $4,690
Oregon OR20$2,497+7%$1,925 – $2,878
Nebraska NE13$2,385+2%$1,843 – $2,663
Washington WA19$2,112−10%$1,684 – $3,479
Michigan MI31$2,044−13%$1,468 – $2,538
California CA14$1,934−17%$1,262 – $3,005
New York NY25$1,863−20%$887 – $3,184
West Virginia WV13$1,841−21%$1,151 – $2,926
Ohio OH15$1,630−30%$1,075 – $2,607
Kansas KS13$1,625−30%$439 – $2,254
Oklahoma OK12$1,474−37%$1,474 – $1,474
Indiana IN16$1,431−39%$1,199 – $2,480
New Hampshire NH10$1,349−42%$1,145 – $2,116
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $2,337.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care299$2,211$1,256 – $5,339
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access196$2,385$1,558 – $4,229
Ownership
For-profit35$3,035$1,199 – $12,114
Government123$2,238$1,469 – $3,479
Non-profit344$2,313$1,386 – $5,332
System affiliation
Part of a system347$2,522$1,431 – $5,384
Independent156$2,112$1,382 – $3,512

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,173
Median cash price$2,337
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

281 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,925 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,026; most fall between $1,199 and $3,218.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 281 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
$631$1,275$1,925$2,892$5,418

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($631 vs $5,418).

Of the 324 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 281 gave a usable cash price; 29 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 14 a list price only.

How complete is this

503 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 589 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted503
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here61
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 — excluded24
Hospitals that filed this code589

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 Other OR lower GI therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Sutr Lg Intestine 1/Mult Perforat W/O Colostomy.

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 repair of a hole or tear in the large intestine (CPT 44604) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-44604-open-repair-of-a-hole-or-tear-in-the-large-intestine