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Esophagus Scope to Remove a Swallowed Object

Oregon 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?

$479

Typical facility fee. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $263 to $759.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $166 to $1,023Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,047
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $479professional $380

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
$346.74
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$758.58
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$794.33
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$794.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 42nd of 50

$479

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.