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Repair of Imperforate Anus From Below

Iowa rates for HCPCS 46730

Creates a working anal opening in a baby born without one, where the bowel ends high up in the pelvis. The surgeon works from below, through the area between the buttocks, drawing the bowel down through the muscles that give control and stitching it to the skin. It is used when the bowel has no abnormal opening into the urinary tract or vagina.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repair of Imperforate Anus From Below cost?

$2,951

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,951 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,692 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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 7 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$2,692$2,042 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$2,818 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $7,943Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $7,079
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $2,692

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
$3,235.94
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,495.41
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,606.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$14,454.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,248.07
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Minnesota than in Kentucky. 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· 9th of 51

$2,951

MN $4,467KY $1,905

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.