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Small Bowel Transplant From A Living Donor

Iowa rates for HCPCS 44136

Places a length of small intestine donated by a living person into someone whose own intestine has failed. The transplanted bowel is joined to the recipient's remaining digestive tract and to blood vessels in the abdomen, and anti-rejection medicines are taken afterwards so the body accepts it. It is considered when a person cannot absorb enough nutrition to survive without being fed into a vein.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Small Bowel Transplant From A Living Donor cost?

$7,413

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7,586 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7,586$7,413 to $8,128
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$1,096 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $562 to $7,762Professionalmedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $5,623 to $8,128
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $7,586

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
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$42,657.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$9,120.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$9,120.11
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
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$8,128.31
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
$1,584.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 257.0 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

$7,413

WI $7,586HI $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.