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Small Bowel Transplant From A Living Donor

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

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

$3,162

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, 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 $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$3,162$75.86 to $3,162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$3,162 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $7,586Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $76 to $3,162
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,309.57
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
$77,624.71
Typical High
$77,624.71
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35,481.34
Median
$43,651.58
Typical High
$43,651.58

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in California than in Kansas. 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· 13th of 51

$3,162

CA $6,607KS $3,162

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.