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Small Intestine Surgery for a Birth Defect

Kansas 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?

$3,162

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,467 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,467$2,754 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$550 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $151 to $5,754Professionalmedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $17,783
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $3,467

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
$3,162.28
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,265.80
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
$1,288.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 24th of 51

$3,162

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.