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Reconstruction Of A Cloacal Birth Defect

Mississippi 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?

$4,677

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,677 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,012 from a physician practice, and about $891 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5,012$3,981 to $6,761
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$562 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,884Professionalmedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $3,715 to $12,023
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $891professional $5,012

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
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,606.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,232.93
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
$1,949.84
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,317.64

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 30th of 51

$4,677

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.