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Esophagus Repair With Closure of an Airway Opening

Indiana rates for HCPCS 43305

Open surgery that repairs or rebuilds the esophagus, the muscular tube carrying food from the throat to the stomach, and closes an abnormal opening between it and the windpipe. Closing that opening stops food and saliva passing into the airway, which otherwise causes choking and repeated chest infections.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Esophagus Repair With Closure of an Airway Opening cost?

$16,663

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16,663 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $15,488 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$1,175$1,072 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$15,488$9,550 to $22,909

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15,488 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $25,704Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $1,862
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $15,488professional $1,175

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
$1,202.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$26,302.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,290.87
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,230.27
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 14.7 times more in Maine 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

Indiana· 3rd of 50

$16,663

$1,175 physician + $15,488 facility

ME $23,736MD $1,611

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.