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Removal Of Donor Intestine For Transplant

Kentucky 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?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$741$661 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$708 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $457 to $9,772Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,259
$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $741

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
$2,511.89
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$144.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,202.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
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 Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$741

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.