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Removal Of The Side Wall Of The Throat

Missouri rates for HCPCS 42892

Removes a section of the side wall of the throat, including the pyriform sinus — the recess beside the voice box that food passes through on its way down. The gap left behind is closed by advancing the neighbouring walls of the throat and stitching them together, without bringing in tissue from elsewhere in the body. Swallowing is retrained afterwards as the area heals.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of The Side Wall Of The Throat cost?

$6,070

Typical total for the visit. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,070 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,089$1,738 to $2,884
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$2,291 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $12,882Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $13,804
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,981professional $2,089

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,466.84
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Missouri· 28th of 51

$6,070

$2,089 physician + $3,981 facility

AK $13,579DE $4,544

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.