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Removal of the Whole Food Pipe, Chest Approach

Florida rates for HCPCS 43112

Removes essentially the entire esophagus, the tube carrying food from throat to stomach, using an incision in the chest as well as the abdomen. The stomach is then reshaped, drawn up through the chest, and joined to the short remaining piece of esophagus high up in the neck.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of the Whole Food Pipe, Chest Approach cost?

$11,706

Typical total for the visit. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,706 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,388 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,318 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,388$2,884 to $3,981
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,318$3,236 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $25,704Professionalmedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $5,129
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $8,318professional $3,388

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
$1,148.15
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,413.10
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,073.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in Maine than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeFlorida $11,706 · 10th of 50
ME $26,556MD $3,904

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.