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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 October 2026.

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

$1,950

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,950 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,950$1,413 to $2,399
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$575 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $437 to $24,547Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $204 to $3,467
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,570professional $1,950

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
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,754.23
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,467.37
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,884.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
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
$1,023.29
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 49th of 51

$1,950

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.