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Minimally Invasive Esophagus Removal

Tennessee 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?

$6,222

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,222 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,467$3,162 to $4,365
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$2,089 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $6,607Professionalmedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $5,623
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,754professional $3,467

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
$2,398.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,918.31
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$19,498.45
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,387.21
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 42nd of 50

$6,222

$3,467 physician + $2,754 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.