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Esophagus Scope to Remove a Swallowed Object

Washington 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?

$759

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $316 to $1,905.

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 $759 · 10th to 90th $209 to $6,607
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $759

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
$281.84
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$11,481.54
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,454.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,905.46
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$794.33
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,230.27
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 35th of 50

$759

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.