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Small Intestine Surgery for a Birth Defect

Hawaii 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?

$2,951

Typical physician fee. In Hawaii, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,951 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,951 to $3,388.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $2,818Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $30 to $3,715
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,202professional $2,951

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,801.89
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,905.46
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$645.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,090.30
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,235.94
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
$1,071.52
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Hawaii 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.

Hawaii· 28th of 51

$2,951

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.