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Procedure price report · Other OR lower GI therapeutic procedures

Removal of a Meckel pouch or remnant duct in the small bowel

CPT 44800the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to remove a small congenital pouch on the small intestine or a leftover duct from fetal development.

Hospitals typically charge $1,686 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 386 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,831. Most fall between $1,106 and $3,323 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
386
States
46
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 386 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
$803$1,223$1,686$2,918$4,596

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($803 vs $4,596).

How the prices are spread

$568 – $713: 8 hospitals$568$713 – $897: 22 hospitals$897 – $1,127: 34 hospitals$897$1,127 – $1,417: 53 hospitals$1,417 – $1,781: 68 hospitals$1,417$1,781 – $2,239: 57 hospitals$2,239 – $2,814: 25 hospitals$2,239$2,814 – $3,537: 28 hospitals$3,537 – $4,446: 31 hospitals$3,537$4,446 – $5,589: 25 hospitals$4,446median $1,686price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (351 of 386 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$568$7138
$713$89722
$897$1,12734
$1,127$1,41753
$1,417$1,78168
$1,781$2,23957
$2,239$2,81425
$2,814$3,53728
$3,537$4,44631
$4,446$5,58925

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,686.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,519 across 13 hospitalsWA$1,519Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: median $1,141 across 10 hospitalsMT$1,141North Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,218 across 17 hospitalsMN$3,218Illinois: median $1,498 across 20 hospitalsIL$1,498Wisconsin: median $3,999 across 31 hospitalsWI$3,999Michigan: median $1,513 across 28 hospitalsMI$1,513New York: median $1,491 across 18 hospitalsNY$1,491Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,843 across 20 hospitalsOR$1,843Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 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 $1,889 across 26 hospitalsIA$1,889Indiana: median $1,030 across 11 hospitalsIN$1,030Ohio: median $2,277 across 13 hospitalsOH$2,277Pennsylvania: median $568 across 16 hospitalsPA$568New Jersey: median $5,110 across 14 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: median $1,733 across 11 hospitalsCA$1,733Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 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 $870 across 11 hospitalsWV$870Virginia: 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: 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: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 2 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,280 across 11 hospitalsOK$1,280Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,686. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ14$5,110+203%$3,986 – $6,311
Wisconsin WI31$3,999+137%$2,918 – $3,999
Minnesota MN17$3,218+91%$1,238 – $3,775
Ohio OH13$2,277+35%$1,177 – $3,133
Iowa IA26$1,889+12%$1,721 – $2,191
Oregon OR20$1,843+9%$1,427 – $2,129
California CA11$1,733+3%$1,117 – $2,039
Washington WA13$1,519−10%$1,294 – $2,140
Michigan MI28$1,513−10%$1,108 – $1,742
Illinois IL20$1,498−11%$1,030 – $3,702
New York NY18$1,491−12%$934 – $2,296
Oklahoma OK11$1,280−24%$1,280 – $1,280
Montana MT10$1,141−32%$565 – $2,000
Indiana IN11$1,030−39%$1,030 – $1,835
West Virginia WV11$870−48%$857 – $1,953
Pennsylvania PA16$568−66%$480 – $3,136
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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
South Dakota SD1not 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 $1,686.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care236$1,513$1,101 – $3,133
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access140$1,742$1,155 – $3,471
Ownership
For-profit28$1,676$1,030 – $3,999
Government81$1,615$1,151 – $2,333
Non-profit276$1,742$1,108 – $3,775
System affiliation
Part of a system274$1,742$1,101 – $3,775
Independent112$1,573$1,136 – $2,553

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,361
Median cash price$1,686
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

230 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,491 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,629; most fall between $1,104 and $2,529.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 230 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
$875$1,188$1,491$2,254$3,999

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($875 vs $3,999).

Of the 266 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 230 gave a usable cash price; 20 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 16 a list price only.

How complete is this

386 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 458 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted386
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here48
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 — excluded23
Hospitals that filed this code458

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 PR Excision Meckel,Omphalomes Duct.

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, “Removal of a Meckel pouch or remnant duct in the small bowel (CPT 44800) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-44800-removal-of-a-meckel-pouch-or-remnant-duct-in-the-small-bowel