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Neck Incision to Remove an Object in the Food Pipe

Oregon 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?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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 8 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$1,000$776 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$741 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,413Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,549
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,023professional $1,000

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
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,412.54
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,122.02
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,025.60
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 6th of 51

$1,000

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.