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First Stage Repair of Newborn Belly Defect

Minnesota 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?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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$1,585$1,096 to $2,188
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,820 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $776 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $692 to $2,512
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,692professional $1,585

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
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$16,218.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,884.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,128.61
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$1,660

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.