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Reconstruction Of A Cloacal Birth Defect

Georgia rates for HCPCS 46748

Reconstructive surgery for a child born with a cloaca, in which the bowel, the vagina and the urinary tract empty through a single shared opening. The surgeon separates the three passages and rebuilds each with its own outlet, and lengthens the vagina using a segment of intestine or nearby tissue.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Reconstruction Of A Cloacal Birth Defect cost?

$5,888

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,888 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,888 from a physician practice, and about $977 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5,888$4,677 to $8,710
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$589 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $501 to $6,310Professionalmedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $3,802 to $9,772
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $977professional $5,888

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
$4,168.69
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,165.95
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,803.84
6 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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 21.9 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Georgia· 16th of 51

$5,888

AK $14,125TX $646

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.