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First Stage Repair of Newborn Belly Defect

Alaska rates for HCPCS 49610

The first stage of a staged operation to repair an opening in a newborn's abdominal wall through which the intestines and other organs protrude. Coverage is brought over the exposed organs to protect them, and the abdominal wall itself is closed at a later operation once the abdomen can accommodate the organs.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does First Stage Repair of Newborn Belly Defect cost?

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,778 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,778$741 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$832 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $692 to $2,239Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $692 to $3,981
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $1,778

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,466.84
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,981.07
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in California than in Vermont. 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$1,549

CA $1,778VT $708

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.