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Removal Of Donor Intestine For Transplant

Iowa 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?

$4,571

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,571 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,571 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,571$4,169 to $5,012
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$1,096 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $562 to $6,761Professionalmedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $6,026
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $4,571

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
$4,265.80
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,128.61
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,570.88
5 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
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$4,571

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.