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Esophagus Repair for Birth Defect, Chest Approach

Mississippi rates for HCPCS 43313

Open surgery through the chest to repair or rebuild the esophagus in a patient born with a defect of this swallowing tube. This version does not include repair of an abnormal connecting passage (fistula).

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Esophagus Repair for Birth Defect, Chest Approach cost?

$4,266

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,266 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,365 from a physician practice, and about $891 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,365$2,754 to $4,786
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$562 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,692Professionalmedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $8,318
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $891professional $4,365

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,466.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,079.46
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 21.4 times more in Alaska 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.

Mississippi· 16th of 51

$4,266

AK $9,772TX $457

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.