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Cutting the Tight Muscle of the Swallowing Tube

Vermont rates for HCPCS 43331

Divides the tightened muscle at the lower end of the swallowing tube so that food and liquid can pass into the stomach again, working through an incision in the chest. It treats a condition in which that muscle fails to relax and food backs up above it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cutting the Tight Muscle of the Swallowing Tube cost?

$1,445

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,413 to $1,585.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $1,820
$2Kprofessional $1,445

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,951.21
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Vermont· 43rd of 51

$1,445

CA $3,090WV $1,349

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.