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Esophagus Lengthening During Hernia Surgery

Wisconsin rates for HCPCS 43338

A step added during surgery on the esophagus or the diaphragm, in which a new length of food pipe is shaped from the upper part of the stomach. It is done when the esophagus is too short to sit comfortably below the diaphragm, and is billed in addition to the main operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Esophagus Lengthening During Hernia Surgery cost?

$7,981

Typical total for the visit. In Wisconsin, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,981 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$219$155 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$1,122 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $309 to $18,197Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $117 to $813
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,762professional $219

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
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$446.68
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$14,791.08
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$61.66
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$53.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$18,197.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$812.83
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$2,089.30
Network Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$239.88
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$457.09
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,691.53
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$501.19
4 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$870.96
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$239.88
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$61.66
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$61.66

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 28.6 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Wisconsin· 2nd of 51

$7,981

$219 physician + $7,762 facility

CO $10,158MT $356

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.