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Small Intestine Surgery for a Birth Defect

Massachusetts 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?

$3,890

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,074 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,074$2,884 to $6,761
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$794 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $407 to $4,365Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $16,596
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $4,074

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,630.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$5,888.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,079.46
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$5,888.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,000.00
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,715.35
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,290.87
9 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
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 15th of 51

$3,890

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.