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Small Intestine Surgery for a Birth Defect

Colorado 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?

$3,020

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,692 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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 7 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$2,692$2,455 to $3,311
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$3,311 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $12,882Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $4,571
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $2,692

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
$2,454.71
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,897.79
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,120.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,786.30
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 19th of 51

$3,020

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.