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First Stage Repair of Newborn Belly Defect

Arkansas 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?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $1,549 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 3 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$741$646 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,549$813 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $646 to $2,455Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,047
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,549professional $741

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
$812.83
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 42nd of 51

$741

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.