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Esophagus Repair With Closure of an Airway Opening

New Hampshire 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?

$16,757

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16,757 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $15,136 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,622$1,202 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$15,136$5,495 to $24,547

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15,136 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $28,184Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $2,570
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $15,136professional $1,622

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
$100.00
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$28,840.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,162.28
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 2nd of 50

$16,757

$1,622 physician + $15,136 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.