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Esophagus Scope to Remove a Swallowed Object

Indiana 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?

$5,495

Typical facility fee. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,380 to $8,913.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $229 to $10,000
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495

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
$162.18
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$5,623.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$10,471.29
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 1st of 50

$5,495

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.