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Small Intestine Surgery for a Birth Defect

Montana 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?

$3,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,236 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 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$3,236$2,399 to $4,365
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$3,311 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $5,012Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $6,457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $3,236

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,677.35
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,677.35
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,025.60
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 10th of 51

$3,467

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.