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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 July 2026.

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

$3,388

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,311 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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 5 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$3,311$2,570 to $3,548
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$2,951 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $8,511Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $4,074
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $3,311

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
$2,951.21
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 13th of 51

$3,388

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.