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Neck Incision to Remove an Object in the Food Pipe

Florida rates for HCPCS 43020

Opens the food pipe through an incision in the neck to take out a swallowed object lodged in its upper part, then closes the opening. It is used when the object cannot be retrieved with a scope passed through the mouth, or when it is sharp or has become stuck in the wall. A drain is often left beside the repair while it heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Neck Incision to Remove an Object in the Food Pipe cost?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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 7 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$589$501 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$2,570 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $11,749Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $468 to $933
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,898professional $589

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
$1,000.00
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$891.25
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,549.93
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,122.02
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Florida· 43rd of 51

$603

CA $1,413WV $575

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.