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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 July 2026.

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

$3,162

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,951 from a physician practice, and about $7,943 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$2,951$2,455 to $4,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,943$3,890 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $7,079
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $2,951

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$24,547.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$17,782.79
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,762.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 17th of 51

$3,162

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.