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Small Intestine Surgery for a Birth Defect

Oregon 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?

$4,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,467 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,467$3,631 to $4,898
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$3,467 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $7,943Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $6,607
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $4,677professional $4,467

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
$5,128.61
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$23,988.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,606.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,754.40
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$20,892.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,754.40
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,897.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$12,589.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,585.78
12 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
$1,348.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 9th of 51

$4,467

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.