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Small Bowel Transplant From A Living Donor

Indiana 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?

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $955 from a physician practice, and about $7,413 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$955$955 to $3,090
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,413$2,692 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $891 to $15,488Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $813 to $3,162
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,413professional $955

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
$2,344.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$16,982.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,090.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$436.52
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,290.87
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,232.93
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
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$758.58

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 46th of 51

$1,259

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.