Lengthening the Food Pipe in Keyhole Surgery

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 43283

Creates extra length of food pipe by shaping a narrow tube from the top of the stomach, so the junction between food pipe and stomach can sit below the diaphragm without being pulled tight. It is performed through small abdominal incisions as part of a larger operation on the food pipe or the diaphragm opening. It is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lengthening the Food Pipe in Keyhole Surgery cost?

$5,112

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,112 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

4% physician fee96% facility fee

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 52 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$214	$151 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$4,898	$603 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $191 to $18,621Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $135 to $676

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $234.42 Median $4,897.79 Typical High $12,882.50	Facility	Global	$234.42	$4,897.79	$12,882.50
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $3,311.31 Median $11,748.98 Typical High $28,840.32	Facility	Global	$3,311.31	$11,748.98	$28,840.32
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $245.47 Median $512.86 Typical High $10,715.19	Facility	Global	$245.47	$512.86	$10,715.19
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier AS · PA/NP assist Typical Low $25.12 Median $25.12 Typical High $25.12	Facility	AS · PA/NP assist	$25.12	$25.12	$25.12
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $478.63 Median $2,754.23 Typical High $9,549.93	Facility	Global	$478.63	$2,754.23	$9,549.93

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 35.8 times more in Wisconsin than in Virginia. 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

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WI $15,467VA $432

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.