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Reconstruction Of A Cloacal Birth Defect

Massachusetts 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?

$6,607

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,607 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7,079 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7,079$4,898 to $11,749
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$794 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $407 to $6,166Professionalmedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $3,802 to $33,113
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $7,079

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$9,549.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$33,113.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,000.00
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,165.95
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$12,882.50
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$9,549.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$33,113.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$16,218.10
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,309.57
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
9 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
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,165.95
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 13th of 51

$6,607

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.