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Upper Endoscopy With Heat Treatment For Reflux

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 43257

A flexible scope is passed through the mouth down to the junction where the esophagus meets the stomach, and controlled heat energy is applied to the muscle of that valve area. The treatment aims to firm up the valve so stomach contents wash back up less easily. It is used for long-standing heartburn and reflux.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Upper Endoscopy With Heat Treatment For Reflux cost?

$2,994

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,994 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$302$234 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,122 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $759 to $10,715Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $200 to $427
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $302

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 8.4 times more in Wisconsin 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

South Carolina· 25th of 51

$2,994

$302 physician + $2,692 facility

WI $6,091MT $726

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.