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Small Intestine Surgery for a Birth Defect

Rhode Island 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?

$3,020

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,020 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,020$2,692 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$575 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,457Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $3,981
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $3,020

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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,630.78
3 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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 25th of 51

$3,020

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.