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Small Intestine Surgery for a Birth Defect

New Mexico 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?

$3,311

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,311 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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$3,311$2,754 to $3,715
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$603 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $537 to $251,189Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $724 to $4,169
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,820professional $3,311

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,073.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,548.13
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
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 23rd of 51

$3,311

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.