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Esophagus Scope to Remove a Swallowed Object

Kansas 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?

$1,905

Typical facility fee. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $724 to $4,074.

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 $1,905 · 10th to 90th $219 to $7,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905

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
$478.63
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 21st of 50

$1,905

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.