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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 July 2026.

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

$4,365

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,365 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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 8 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$4,365$2,951 to $5,623
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$3,090 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $6,026Professionalmedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $6,607
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $4,365

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
$5,370.32
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$20,892.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,309.57
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,623.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,025.60
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,786.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,754.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$12,589.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$31,622.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 4th of 51

$4,365

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.