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Small Intestine Surgery for a Birth Defect

Alaska rates for HCPCS 44126

A surgery, usually performed in a newborn or infant, that removes a segment of small intestine that failed to properly form a passageway during development and reconnects the healthy ends together. This version treats a single affected area and does not include narrowing the wider segment of bowel above the defect to help it function better. It is used to restore a continuous, working intestinal passage in infants born with this type of intestinal blockage.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Small Intestine Surgery for a Birth Defect cost?

$8,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8,318 from a physician practice, and about $12,023 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8,318$3,467 to $10,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12,023$1,820 to $18,621

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $12,882
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $12,023professional $8,318

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$18,620.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$14,454.40
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
12 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$9,120.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$9,120.11

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 21.4 times more in Alaska than in Texas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$8,318

AK $8,318TX $389

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.