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Removal of the Lower Food Pipe Through the Chest

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 43121

Removes the lower portion of the esophagus, the tube carrying food from throat to stomach, through an incision in the chest. The stomach is then brought up and joined to the remaining upper esophagus inside the chest so that swallowing can continue.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of the Lower Food Pipe Through the Chest cost?

$4,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,677 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 from a hospital or other facility.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,677$3,236 to $7,943
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$794 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $407 to $4,365Professionalmedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $19,498
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $4,677

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,801.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,760.83
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,365.16
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,317.64
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,818.38
8 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,630.27
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Massachusetts· 13th of 51

$4,467

AK $9,772TX $1,905

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.