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Intestine Transplant From a Deceased Donor

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 44135

Transplants a length of intestine recovered from a person who has died into someone whose own bowel has failed. The donor intestine is joined to the recipient's blood vessels and remaining bowel so that food can be digested and absorbed again. Lifelong medication is needed afterwards to stop the body rejecting the graft.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Intestine Transplant From a Deceased Donor cost?

$3,162

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,162 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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 5 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$3,162$2,399 to $3,162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$3,162 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $851 to $16,596Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $741 to $3,467
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $8,511professional $3,162

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
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,235.94
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60,255.96
Median
$81,283.05
Typical High
$107,151.93
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60,255.96
Median
$72,443.60
Typical High
$93,325.43
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$67.61
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 26.9 times more in North Carolina than in Mississippi. 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· 14th of 51

$3,162

NC $48,978MS $1,820

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.