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Small Intestine Surgery for a Birth Defect

Minnesota 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?

$5,623

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,623 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,370 from a physician practice, and about $8,318 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$5,370$3,715 to $7,586
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,318$5,623 to $17,783

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $21,878Professionalmedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $8,913
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,318professional $5,370

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
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$41,686.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$22,387.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,000.00
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$17,782.79
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,120.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,317.64

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$5,623

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.