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Small Intestine Surgery for a Birth Defect

Florida 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?

$2,630

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,570 from a physician practice, and about $8,318 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$2,570$2,291 to $3,020
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,318$3,236 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $25,704Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $4,169
$100$1K$10Kfacility $8,318professional $2,570

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
$1,148.15
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,073.80
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,495.41
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,897.79
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 44th of 51

$2,630

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.