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Small Intestine Surgery for a Birth Defect

Virginia 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?

$2,884

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,884 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,754 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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$2,754$2,455 to $3,388
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$2,754 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $12,023Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $4,365
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $2,754

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
$2,754.23
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,677.35
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,073.80
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 28th of 51

$2,884

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.