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Food Pipe Removal Rebuilt With Bowel

Texas 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?

$3,890

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,890 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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 10 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$3,890$3,548 to $4,898
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$2,692 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,511Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $5,888
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,802professional $3,890

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,623.41
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$21,877.62
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25,118.86
Median
$30,902.95
Typical High
$30,902.95
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,760.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$3,019.95
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,630.27
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,025.60
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Minnesota than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Texas $3,890 · 35th of 51
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.