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Procedure price report · Colorectal resection

Rectal prolapse repair with bowel removal

CPT 45550the billing code this page is about

Abdominal surgery that both anchors the rectum in place and removes a segment of the sigmoid colon during the same operation.

Hospitals typically charge $2,856 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 197 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,972. Most fall between $1,733 and $4,469 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
197
States
43
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 197 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
$1,484$2,000$2,856$4,015$5,855

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 3.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,484 vs $5,855).

How the prices are spread

$656 – $854: 1 hospitals$656$854 – $1,113: 3 hospitals$1,113 – $1,450: 6 hospitals$1,113$1,450 – $1,889: 25 hospitals$1,889 – $2,460: 34 hospitals$1,889$2,460 – $3,205: 38 hospitals$3,205 – $4,176: 34 hospitals$3,205$4,176 – $5,440: 21 hospitals$5,440 – $7,087: 15 hospitals$5,440$7,087 – $9,233: 8 hospitals$7,087median $2,856price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (185 of 197 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$656$8541
$854$1,1133
$1,113$1,4506
$1,450$1,88925
$1,889$2,46034
$2,460$3,20538
$3,205$4,17634
$4,176$5,44021
$5,440$7,08715
$7,087$9,2338

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,856.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 5 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $2,106 across 11 hospitalsIL$2,106Wisconsin: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $2,856 across 23 hospitalsMI$2,856New York: median $2,608 across 13 hospitalsNY$2,608Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $3,869 across 11 hospitalsOR$3,869Nevada: 2 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 $3,631 across 17 hospitalsIA$3,631Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $246 across 16 hospitalsPA$246New Jersey: median $5,339 across 13 hospitalsNJ$5,339Connecticut: 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 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: 2 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,384 across 10 hospitalsOK$2,384Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,856. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ13$5,339+87%$4,350 – $6,311
Oregon OR11$3,869+35%$2,647 – $4,015
Iowa IA17$3,631+27%$3,631 – $3,631
Michigan MI23$2,8560%$1,992 – $2,856
New York NY13$2,608−9%$1,287 – $4,205
Oklahoma OK10$2,384−17%$2,384 – $2,384
Illinois IL11$2,106−26%$1,723 – $3,631
Pennsylvania PA16$246−91%$192 – $4,860
Ohio OH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not 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
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not 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
South Carolina SC1not 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 $2,856.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care158$2,647$1,733 – $4,238
Children’s4fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access35$2,856$1,723 – $5,129
Ownership
For-profit16fewer than 20 hospitals
Government29$3,041$2,112 – $4,179
Non-profit152$2,856$1,847 – $4,547
System affiliation
Part of a system151$2,856$1,723 – $4,547
Independent46$2,644$1,794 – $4,226

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,479
Median cash price$2,856
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

135 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,608 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,727; most fall between $1,723 and $4,179.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 135 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
$1,484$1,733$2,608$3,894$6,375

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,484 vs $6,375).

Of the 162 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 135 gave a usable cash price; 14 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 13 a list price only.

How complete is this

197 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 239 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted197
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here30
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 — excluded11
Hospitals that filed this code239

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 Colorectal resection family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Proctopexy W/Sigmoid Rescj Abdl Appr.

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, “Rectal prolapse repair with bowel removal (CPT 45550) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-45550-rectal-prolapse-repair-with-bowel-removal