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Esophagus Removal, No Chest Incision, Bowel Graft

Vermont rates for HCPCS 43108

Removal of all or nearly all of the esophagus, the tube carrying food from the throat to the stomach, without opening the chest; the surgeon works through the neck and the abdomen instead. A length of colon or small intestine is freed, moved up, and joined at both ends to replace what was removed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Esophagus Removal, No Chest Incision, Bowel Graft cost?

$4,786

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,786 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,677 to $5,495.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $4,467 to $6,166
$5K$10Kprofessional $4,786

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,772.37
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,471.29

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Minnesota than in Kentucky. 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.

Vermont· 32nd of 51

$4,786

MN $9,772KY $4,266

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.