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Small Intestine Surgery for a Birth Defect

New Jersey 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?

$2,754

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,754 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,630 from a physician practice, and about $6,918 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 5 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$2,630$2,344 to $3,548
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,918$4,467 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $11,749Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $5,754
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $6,918professional $2,630

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
$4,168.69
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,888.44
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,786.30
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$223.87
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Minnesota than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

New Jersey $2,754 · 30th of 51
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.