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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 October 2026.

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

$3,311

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,311 from a physician practice, and about $9,120 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,311$2,951 to $3,548
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,120$1,148 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $501 to $14,125Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $3,631
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,120professional $3,311

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
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$15,848.93
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$7,585.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,630.78
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,890.45
12 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
$1,621.81
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 22nd of 51

$3,311

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.