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Scope Removal of Food Pipe Lining Tissue

Florida rates for HCPCS 43211

A flexible scope is passed through the mouth into the food pipe and an abnormal patch of the lining is lifted away from the wall beneath it, usually by injecting fluid underneath, then cut free and retrieved. It is used for early growths or precancerous change confined to the surface layer. The tissue removed is sent for laboratory examination to check the depth and the edges.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Scope Removal of Food Pipe Lining Tissue cost?

$1,237

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,237 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$214$170 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$537 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $398 to $7,762Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $162 to $339
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $214

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
$602.56
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$257.04
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$346.74
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$7,413.10
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$363.08
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
5 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
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.70

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Florida· 40th of 51

$1,237

$214 physician + $1,023 facility

CO $4,297MT $726

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.