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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 July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Donor Intestine For Transplant cost?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,660 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 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 6 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$1,660$741 to $1,660
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$1,660 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,820
$100$1K$10Kfacility $7,244professional $1,660

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
$851.14
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$6,025.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,071.52
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53,703.18
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$61,659.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,202.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$28,183.83

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in California 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$1,660

CA $6,457KY $1,660

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.