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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 October 2026.

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

$75.86

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $53.70 to $75.86.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $355 to $5,248Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $46 to $3,162
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $60

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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
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
$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

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 50th of 51

$75.86

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.