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Minimally Invasive Esophagus Removal

Florida rates for HCPCS 43286

This is a major operation to remove most or all of the esophagus, the tube that carries food from the throat to the stomach, most often because of cancer. The surgeon works through small incisions in the abdomen using a scope and camera, plus an open incision in the neck, instead of one large open chest incision, then reconnects the remaining portion of the digestive tract so the person can swallow normally again.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Minimally Invasive Esophagus Removal cost?

$12,224

Typical total for the visit. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,224 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,311 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,913 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,311$2,951 to $3,802
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,913$3,311 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $23,442Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $5,129
$100$1K$10Kfacility $8,913professional $3,311

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
$1,230.27
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,677.35
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,882.50
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$30,199.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,079.46
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$33,113.11
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,981.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,309.57
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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

Florida· 7th of 50

$12,224

$3,311 physician + $8,913 facility

IN $23,653MD $3,825

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.