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Small Intestine Surgery for a Birth Defect

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,631 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 7 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$3,631$2,692 to $4,898
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$2,455 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $6,918Professionalmedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $6,761
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $3,631

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
$1,659.59
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$35,481.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,606.93
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,786.30
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$15,135.61
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17,378.01
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$21,379.62

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 9th 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.