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Small Intestine Surgery for a Birth Defect

Utah 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?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,236 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 7 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$3,236$2,512 to $4,677
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$3,236 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $3,162 to $6,026Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $7,079
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $3,236

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
$3,162.28
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,128.61
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$5,888.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,897.79
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 16th of 51

$3,236

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.