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Reconstruction Of A Cloacal Birth Defect

Michigan 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?

$5,495

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,495 from a physician practice, and about $14,791 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5,495$4,898 to $5,888
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14,791$1,148 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,791 · 10th to 90th $501 to $22,909Professionalmedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $3,802 to $6,026
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $14,791professional $5,495

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
$4,897.79
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$25,703.96
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$11,220.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,495.41
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,025.60
12 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
$2,754.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 21st of 51

$5,495

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.