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Reconstruction Of A Cloacal Birth Defect

Iowa 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?

$8,710

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,710 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8,913 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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$8,913$5,888 to $9,550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$1,514 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $603 to $10,000Professionalmedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $4,571 to $12,882
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $8,913

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
$4,265.80
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$11,748.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$31,622.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,220.18
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$9,549.93
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
$1,862.09
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$8,710

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.