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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 July 2026.

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

$5,370

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,166 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6,166$2,630 to $10,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$2,884 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $8,128Professionalmedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $13,804
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,548professional $6,166

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,762.47
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,754.40
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$15,488.17
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$14,454.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,754.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,000.00

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Minnesota than in Kentucky. 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· 2nd of 51

$5,370

MN $5,623KY $2,455

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.