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Keyhole Muscle Release of the Lower Food Pipe

Wyoming rates for HCPCS 43279

A keyhole operation through small abdominal incisions in which the tight muscle ring at the junction of the food pipe and the stomach is cut lengthways so food and drink can pass through. It treats a swallowing disorder in which that muscle fails to relax, leaving food stuck and coming back up. A wrap of the top of the stomach is added when needed to reduce acid reflux afterwards.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Muscle Release of the Lower Food Pipe cost?

$10,899

Typical total for the visit. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,899 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,981 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,981$2,570 to $5,129
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$3,802 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $22,909Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $6,166
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $3,981

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Wyoming sits

The same service costs 14.3 times more in Maine than in Delaware. 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

Wyoming· 9th of 51

$10,899

$3,981 physician + $6,918 facility

ME $48,433DE $3,397

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.