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Esophagus Scope to Remove a Swallowed Object

Missouri 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?

$1,622

Typical facility fee. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $891 to $2,512.

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 $1,622 · 10th to 90th $331 to $3,981
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,622

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
$363.08
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,623.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 24th of 50

$1,622

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.