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Procedure price report · Other OR upper GI therapeutic procedures

Surgery to widen a narrowed section of intestine

CPT 44615the billing code this page is about

Open operation that reshapes a strictured segment of bowel to open it up, with or without stretching of the narrowed area.

Hospitals typically charge $2,325 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 287 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,412. Most fall between $1,486 and $4,242 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
287
States
47
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 287 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
$1,094$1,589$2,325$3,510$5,460

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,094 vs $5,460).

How the prices are spread

$812 – $1,010: 7 hospitals$812$1,010 – $1,256: 19 hospitals$1,256 – $1,562: 28 hospitals$1,256$1,562 – $1,944: 48 hospitals$1,944 – $2,417: 36 hospitals$1,944$2,417 – $3,007: 43 hospitals$3,007 – $3,740: 27 hospitals$3,007$3,740 – $4,652: 12 hospitals$4,652 – $5,787: 33 hospitals$4,652$5,787 – $7,198: 6 hospitals$5,787median $2,325price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (259 of 287 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$812$1,0107
$1,010$1,25619
$1,256$1,56228
$1,562$1,94448
$1,944$2,41736
$2,417$3,00743
$3,007$3,74027
$3,740$4,65212
$4,652$5,78733
$5,787$7,1986

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,325.

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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 2 hospitals 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,495 across 13 hospitalsIL$1,495Wisconsin: median $5,460 across 19 hospitalsWI$5,460Michigan: median $1,921 across 29 hospitalsMI$1,921New York: median $2,235 across 19 hospitalsNY$2,235Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,918 across 15 hospitalsOR$2,918Nevada: 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,646 across 17 hospitalsIA$2,646Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,654 across 12 hospitalsOH$2,654Pennsylvania: median $812 across 17 hospitalsPA$812New Jersey: median $5,110 across 14 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 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: 7 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,755 across 10 hospitalsOK$1,755Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,325. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI19$5,460+135%$5,460 – $8,645
New Jersey NJ14$5,110+120%$3,986 – $6,311
Oregon OR15$2,918+26%$1,959 – $2,918
Ohio OH12$2,654+14%$1,656 – $4,722
Iowa IA17$2,646+14%$2,646 – $2,646
New York NY19$2,235−4%$1,268 – $3,175
Michigan MI29$1,921−17%$1,491 – $2,445
Oklahoma OK10$1,755−25%$1,755 – $1,755
Illinois IL13$1,495−36%$1,366 – $3,142
Pennsylvania PA17$812−65%$662 – $3,185
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not 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
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not 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 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 $2,325.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care214$2,240$1,486 – $3,895
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access64$2,360$1,366 – $5,460
Ownership
For-profit22$1,872$1,366 – $5,460
Government49$2,299$1,311 – $3,337
Non-profit215$2,352$1,491 – $4,722
System affiliation
Part of a system211$2,365$1,366 – $4,722
Independent76$2,191$1,571 – $3,422

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,307
Median cash price$2,325
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

183 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,352 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,306; most fall between $1,366 and $3,783.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 183 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
$1,145$1,589$2,352$3,340$5,460

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,145 vs $5,460).

Of the 209 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 183 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 9 a list price only.

How complete is this

287 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 332 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted287
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here37
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 — excluded7
Hospitals that filed this code332

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 Other OR upper GI therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Intstinal Stricturoplasty W/WO Dilat Obstrcj.

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, “Surgery to widen a narrowed section of intestine (CPT 44615) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-44615-surgery-to-widen-a-narrowed-section-of-intestine