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Small Intestine Surgery for a Birth Defect

Nebraska 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?

$5,370

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,370 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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$5,370$4,365 to $5,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$676 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $537 to $14,125Professionalmedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $3,020 to $17,783
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $5,370

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
$2,187.76
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$26,302.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$17,782.79
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,244.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,309.57
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
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 3rd of 51

$5,370

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.