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Neck Food Pipe Repair With Intestine Transfer

Alabama rates for HCPCS 43116

Removes a diseased section of the esophagus in the neck and replaces it with a short piece of the patient's own intestine. The transferred segment is sewn in at both ends, and its small artery and vein are reconnected to vessels in the neck under a microscope so that the transplanted piece stays alive.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Neck Food Pipe Repair With Intestine Transfer cost?

$5,370

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,370 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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 4 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$5,370$4,677 to $7,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,259 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,943Professionalmedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $9,772
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $5,370

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$8,912.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,709.64

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 30th of 51

$5,370

MN $10,965KY $4,786

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.