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First Stage Repair of Newborn Belly Defect

Louisiana 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?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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 5 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$813$692 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$1,000 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,365Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,288
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $813

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
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$871

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.