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Esophagus Scope to Remove a Swallowed Object

Iowa rates for HCPCS 43215

A flexible lighted scope is passed through the mouth into the food pipe, and an object stuck there, such as swallowed food, a coin or a bone, is grasped and pulled out. The lining is checked afterward for injury from the object. It is done with sedation and is often urgent because a stuck object can block swallowing or damage the food pipe.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Esophagus Scope to Remove a Swallowed Object cost?

$813

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $347 to $3,020.

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 $1,622 · 10th to 90th $234 to $6,607Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $151 to $955
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $513

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
$281.84
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$4,677.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 18.2 times more in Indiana 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.

Iowa· 34th of 50

$813

IN $5,495MT $302

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.