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Food Pipe Removal Rebuilt With Bowel

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 43118

Surgery that removes diseased esophagus, the tube carrying food from the throat to the stomach, and rebuilds the passage using a length of the person's own bowel to bridge the gap. It is done for cancer or for severe damage such as scarring that cannot be treated any other way.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Food Pipe Removal Rebuilt With Bowel cost?

$4,074

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,631 to $4,365.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $7,762Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $5,495
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $4,074

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
$1,698.24
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,365.16
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,772.37
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,912.51

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 25th of 51

$4,074

MN $7,943KY $3,467

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.