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Lengthening the Food Pipe in Keyhole Surgery

Delaware 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 October 2026.

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

$660

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $660 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$158$151 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$347 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $251 to $4,266Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $135 to $219
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $501professional $158

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
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$229.09

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 29.9 times more in Colorado than in Texas. 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

Delaware· 47th of 51

$660

$158 physician + $501 facility

CO $14,663TX $490

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.