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Neck Incision to Remove an Object in the Food Pipe

Nebraska 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 October 2026.

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

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,202$832 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$1,000 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $794 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $708 to $4,169
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $1,202

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
$501.19
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,168.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,412.54
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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Nebraska· 3rd of 51

$1,230

AK $2,188TX $398

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.