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Intestine Transplant From a Deceased Donor

North Carolina 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?

$48,978

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48,978 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48,978 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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$48,978$3,162 to $48,978
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$3,162 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $6,457Professionalmedian $48,978 · 10th to 90th $3,162 to $48,978
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $3,162professional $48,978

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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48,977.88
Median
$48,977.88
Typical High
$48,977.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$74,131.02
Typical High
$74,131.02
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33,884.42
Median
$43,651.58
Typical High
$43,651.58

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 1st of 51

$48,978

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.