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Removal of a Throat Pouch Through the Neck

Iowa 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 July 2026.

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

$2,884

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,884 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,318 to $6,457.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $741 to $3,236
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $1,778

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
$1,318.26
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$13,182.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,187.76
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$15,488.17

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 22.4 times more in Indiana than in Maine. 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.

Iowa· 31st of 50

$2,884

IN $15,488ME $692

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.