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Procedure price report · Other OR lower GI therapeutic procedures

Surgical folding and stitching of the intestine

CPT 44680the billing code this page is about

Open abdominal surgery in which loops of intestine are folded and stitched in position to keep them from twisting or obstructing; billed when done on its own.

Hospitals typically charge $2,401 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 201 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,412. Most fall between $1,540 and $3,986 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
201
States
41
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 201 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
$1,066$1,737$2,401$3,225$5,795

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,066 vs $5,795).

How the prices are spread

$839 – $1,018: 10 hospitals$839$1,018 – $1,235: 11 hospitals$1,235 – $1,498: 5 hospitals$1,235$1,498 – $1,818: 31 hospitals$1,818 – $2,205: 21 hospitals$1,818$2,205 – $2,675: 36 hospitals$2,675 – $3,246: 28 hospitals$2,675$3,246 – $3,937: 9 hospitals$3,937 – $4,777: 12 hospitals$3,937$4,777 – $5,795: 22 hospitals$4,777median $2,401price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (185 of 201 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$839$1,01810
$1,018$1,23511
$1,235$1,4985
$1,498$1,81831
$1,818$2,20521
$2,205$2,67536
$2,675$3,24628
$3,246$3,9379
$3,937$4,77712
$4,777$5,79522

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,401.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,472 across 10 hospitalsIL$1,472Wisconsin: median $5,795 across 13 hospitalsWI$5,795Michigan: median $2,714 across 25 hospitalsMI$2,714New York: median $2,235 across 17 hospitalsNY$2,235Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $2,620 across 15 hospitalsOR$2,620Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,607 across 15 hospitalsIA$2,607Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $4,362 across 11 hospitalsOH$4,362Pennsylvania: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: median $5,110 across 13 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $1,770 across 10 hospitalsOK$1,770Louisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,401. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI13$5,795+141%$5,795 – $5,795
New Jersey NJ13$5,110+113%$3,986 – $5,855
Ohio OH11$4,362+82%$1,759 – $4,670
Michigan MI25$2,714+13%$1,528 – $2,714
Oregon OR15$2,620+9%$1,976 – $2,935
Iowa IA15$2,607+9%$2,607 – $2,607
New York NY17$2,235−7%$1,621 – $3,185
Oklahoma OK10$1,770−26%$1,770 – $1,770
Illinois IL10$1,472−39%$839 – $2,607
California CA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not 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
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not 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 $2,401.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care151$2,371$1,528 – $3,794
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access42$2,401$1,817 – $5,795
Ownership
For-profit14fewer than 20 hospitals
Government31$2,225$1,739 – $3,179
Non-profit155$2,477$1,540 – $4,627
System affiliation
Part of a system148$2,477$1,528 – $4,627
Independent53$2,223$1,621 – $3,225

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,185
Median cash price$2,401
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

136 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,039 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,161; most fall between $1,232 and $3,263.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 136 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
$882$1,540$2,039$2,737$5,795

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($882 vs $5,795).

Of the 166 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 136 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 6 a list price only.

How complete is this

201 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (5%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 247 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted201
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here42
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 — excluded3
Hospitals that filed this code247

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 5, 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 lower GI therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Intestinal Plication.

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, “Surgical folding and stitching of the intestine (CPT 44680) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-44680-surgical-folding-and-stitching-of-the-intestine