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Esophagus Scope to Remove a Swallowed Object

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,570

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,148 to $4,467.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $437 to $7,762
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570

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
$436.52
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,943.28
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$57,543.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,290.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,964.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,943.28
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 13th of 50

$2,570

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.