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Small Intestine Surgery for a Birth Defect

Iowa 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?

$5,012

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,012 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,248 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5,248$3,467 to $5,623
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,514 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,918Professionalmedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $7,586
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $5,248

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
$3,981.07
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,760.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$17,782.79
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,760.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,079.46
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,606.93
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,623.41
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
$1,096.48
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$5,012

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.