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Removal of the Lower Food Pipe Through the Chest

Wyoming 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?

$8,710

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,710 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8,710 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8,710$5,623 to $11,220
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$1,148 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $19,055Professionalmedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $3,802 to $13,490
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,514professional $8,710

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,232.93

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 2nd of 51

$8,710

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.