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Reconstruction Where Food Pipe Meets The Stomach

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 43320

Surgery that opens up and rebuilds the junction where the food pipe joins the stomach so food passes through again. It can be carried out through the abdomen or through the chest, whichever gives the surgeon better access. Steps to help the stomach empty, such as cutting the nerve that drives acid production or widening the stomach outlet, may be done at the same time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Reconstruction Where Food Pipe Meets The Stomach cost?

$2,884

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,884 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,090 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,090$2,042 to $3,311
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$759 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,399Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $3,715
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $3,090

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,715.35
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
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
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 5.5 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.

South Dakota· 6th of 51

$2,884

AK $4,898TX $891

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.