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First Stage Repair of Newborn Belly Defect

Alabama 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?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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 4 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$759$676 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,259 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $813 to $8,710Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $759

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 27th of 51

$813

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.