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Small Intestine Surgery for a Birth Defect

Michigan 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?

$2,754

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,754 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,754 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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 6 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$2,754$2,399 to $3,311
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,162 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $6,918Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $3,631
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $2,754

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
$3,162.28
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,754.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,585.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 32nd of 51

$2,754

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.