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Removal Of Donor Intestine For Transplant

California rates for HCPCS 44133

Surgery to remove intestine from a donor so that it can be transplanted into a recipient. The bowel is flushed and cooled with preservation fluid as it is taken, which protects it during transport and until it is implanted. The transplant into the recipient is a separate operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of Donor Intestine For Transplant cost?

$1,175

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,175$646 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$1,380 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $631 to $151,356Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $40 to $1,660
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $5,623professional $1,175

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
$1,659.59
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$19,498.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,445.44
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,148.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$15,488.17
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$151,356.12
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$11,748.98
7 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
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55

Where California sits

The same service costs 204.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Hawaii. 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.

California· 39th of 51

$1,175

WI $6,026HI $29.51

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.