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Joining the Swallowing Tube to the Intestine

West Virginia 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?

$2,825

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,825 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,413$1,288 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$1,413 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $2,291Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $1,950
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $1,413

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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,778.28
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 49th of 50

$2,825

$1,413 physician + $1,413 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.