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Esophagus Scope With Snare Removal Of A Growth

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 43217

A flexible camera is passed through the mouth to examine the esophagus, the muscular tube that carries food from the throat to the stomach, and a growth found there is removed with a wire loop tightened around its base. The loop cuts the growth free and can seal the site at the same time. The examination stops at the esophagus, and the tissue removed is sent to a laboratory.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Esophagus Scope With Snare Removal Of A Growth cost?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$347$195 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$891 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,715Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $155 to $646
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $347

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
$478.63
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$645.65
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$616.60

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Minnesota than in Michigan. 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.

Louisiana· 15th of 51

$417

MN $562MI $295

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.