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Joining the Swallowing Tube to the Intestine

California rates for HCPCS 43340

Surgery that connects the swallowing tube directly to the small intestine, reached through an incision in the abdomen. It restores a route for food when the normal connection into the stomach can no longer be used, for example after disease or previous surgery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Joining the Swallowing Tube to the Intestine cost?

$11,514

Typical total for the visit. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,514 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,000 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 13 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,514$1,318 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,000$6,918 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,000 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $18,621Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $5,012
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $10,000professional $1,514

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
$3,715.35
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$20,417.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,235.94
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,606.93
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,235.94
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,019.95
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$8,511.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,467.37
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where California sits

The same service costs 12.6 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

California· 4th of 50

$11,514

$1,514 physician + $10,000 facility

ME $24,085MD $1,916

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.