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Food Pipe Removal Rebuilt With Bowel

Nebraska 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?

$4,571

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,571 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,365 from a physician practice, and about $7,943 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 6 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$4,365$3,548 to $6,457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,943$5,129 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $20,893Professionalmedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $3,162 to $10,233
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $7,943professional $4,365

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$40,738.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,471.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$25,703.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$11,220.18
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,709.64

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 19th of 51

$4,571

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.