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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 October 2026.

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

$3,890

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,890 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 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$3,890$2,570 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$3,467 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $4,266Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $85 to $4,571
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,890professional $3,890

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,168.69
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,466.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,168.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,786.30
6 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
$1,122.02
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 14th 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.