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Procedure price report · Colostomy, temporary and permanent

Open repair of the large intestine with colostomy

CPT 44605the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to stitch closed holes, tears, or injuries in the colon, along with creating a colostomy so stool drains into a bag through the abdominal wall.

Hospitals typically charge $2,526 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 231 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,732. Most fall between $1,848 and $4,056 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
231
States
44
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 231 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
$1,327$1,979$2,526$3,676$5,741

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,327 vs $5,741).

How the prices are spread

$1,022 – $1,254: 8 hospitals$1,022$1,254 – $1,539: 13 hospitals$1,539 – $1,888: 19 hospitals$1,539$1,888 – $2,317: 43 hospitals$2,317 – $2,844: 32 hospitals$2,317$2,844 – $3,489: 36 hospitals$3,489 – $4,282: 25 hospitals$3,489$4,282 – $5,254: 11 hospitals$5,254 – $6,448: 14 hospitals$5,254$6,448 – $7,912: 8 hospitals$6,448median $2,526price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (209 of 231 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,022$1,2548
$1,254$1,53913
$1,539$1,88819
$1,888$2,31743
$2,317$2,84432
$2,844$3,48936
$3,489$4,28225
$4,282$5,25411
$5,254$6,44814
$6,448$7,9128

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,526.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $2,287 across 13 hospitalsIL$2,287Wisconsin: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $2,217 across 23 hospitalsMI$2,217New York: median $2,411 across 17 hospitalsNY$2,411Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $3,189 across 13 hospitalsOR$3,189Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $3,206 across 17 hospitalsIA$3,206Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,967 across 14 hospitalsOH$2,967Pennsylvania: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: median $5,110 across 13 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $2,115 across 10 hospitalsOK$2,115Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,526. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ13$5,110+102%$4,350 – $5,855
Iowa IA17$3,206+27%$3,206 – $3,206
Oregon OR13$3,189+26%$2,352 – $3,538
Ohio OH14$2,967+17%$2,009 – $5,741
New York NY17$2,411−5%$1,944 – $3,299
Illinois IL13$2,287−9%$1,031 – $3,583
Michigan MI23$2,217−12%$1,848 – $2,421
Oklahoma OK10$2,115−16%$2,115 – $2,115
California CA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $2,526.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care174$2,508$1,872 – $4,056
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access50$2,633$1,590 – $3,676
Ownership
For-profit13fewer than 20 hospitals
Government39$2,633$1,862 – $3,675
Non-profit178$2,657$1,865 – $4,350
System affiliation
Part of a system167$2,661$1,941 – $4,350
Independent64$2,525$1,450 – $3,924

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,610
Median cash price$2,526
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

149 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,411 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,545; most fall between $1,779 and $3,535.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 149 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
$1,327$1,944$2,411$3,215$4,571

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 3.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,327 vs $4,571).

Of the 184 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 149 gave a usable cash price; 24 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

231 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (6%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 280 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted231
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here44
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 — excluded4
Hospitals that filed this code280

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 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 Sutr Lg Intestine 1/Mult Perforat W/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.

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

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Open repair of the large intestine with colostomy (CPT 44605) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-44605-open-repair-of-the-large-intestine-with-colostomy