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Esophagus Scope to Remove a Swallowed Object

New Jersey 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?

$4,898

Typical facility fee. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,898 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,311 to $6,918.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $741 to $10,233
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898

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
$707.95
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,630.78
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 2nd of 50

$4,898

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.