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Small Intestine Surgery for a Birth Defect

Alabama 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?

$2,692

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,692 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,692$2,399 to $4,898
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$955 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $513 to $7,413Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $4,898
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $7,244professional $2,692

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
6 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
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 32nd of 51

$2,692

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.