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Scope Surgery To Release The Lower Esophagus

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 32665

Uses a camera and instruments passed through small incisions between the ribs to cut the tight muscle at the lower end of the esophagus, the tube carrying food to the stomach. Dividing the muscle lets it relax so food and drink can pass through instead of backing up. It treats a swallowing disorder in which the muscle fails to open, causing food to stick, regurgitation, and weight loss.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Scope Surgery To Release The Lower Esophagus cost?

$1,445

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,318 to $1,445.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $1,380

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
$1,445.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,445.44
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,162.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in California than in Hawaii. 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.

Washington, DC· 40th of 51

$1,445

CA $7,586HI $1,096

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.