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Small Bowel Transplant From A Living Donor

Maine 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?

$3,090

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,692 from a physician practice, and about $16,218 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,692$2,692 to $3,162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16,218$12,589 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,218 · 10th to 90th $813 to $16,596Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $3,162
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $16,218professional $2,692

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$16,982.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
10 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
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 39th of 51

$3,090

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.