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Cutting The Lower Esophagus Muscle Via The Abdomen

Oregon rates for HCPCS 43330

Through an incision in the abdomen, the surgeon cuts lengthwise through the muscle at the lower end of the esophagus without opening the lining beneath it. Releasing the tight muscle lets swallowed food and liquid pass into the stomach again.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cutting The Lower Esophagus Muscle Via The Abdomen cost?

$2,399

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,399 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,399$1,820 to $3,020
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$1,660 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $3,090Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $3,631
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $2,399

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
$2,630.27
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,467.37
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,090.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,090.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,548.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$31,622.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Minnesota than in Kentucky. 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.

Oregon· 5th of 51

$2,399

MN $3,090KY $1,318

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.