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Surgical Opening From The Food Pipe, Through Abdomen

Georgia rates for HCPCS 43350

An operation that brings the esophagus — the tube carrying food from the throat to the stomach — out to an opening on the body surface, reached through an incision in the abdomen. The opening provides a route for drainage or for feeding when the normal path onward cannot be used.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Opening From The Food Pipe, Through Abdomen cost?

$2,188

Typical physician fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,585 to $2,754.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $4,571
$2K$5Kprofessional $2,188

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,495.41
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,754.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 32.4 times more in California than in Illinois. 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.

Georgia· 27th of 43

$2,188

CA $11,220IL $347

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.