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Removal of a Throat Pouch Through the Neck

California rates for HCPCS 43130

Removes a pouch that has ballooned out from the wall of the lower throat or gullet, where food and liquid collect and are brought back up. It is reached through an incision in the neck, and the tight muscle below the pouch is commonly divided at the same time to relieve the pressure that created it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of a Throat Pouch Through the Neck cost?

$5,509

Typical total for the visit. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,509 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 13 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$741 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$1,698 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $871 to $14,125Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $661 to $5,754
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $832

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
$2,570.40
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$20,417.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,479.11
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$10,232.93
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
Central California Alliance for Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$891.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,621.81
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,912.51
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
9 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
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$204.17

Where California sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Alaska 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

California· 21st of 51

$5,509

$832 physician + $4,677 facility

AK $9,771KY $2,053

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.