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Neck Opening Into the Swallowing Tube

Alaska rates for HCPCS 43352

Creates an opening from the swallowing tube out through the skin of the neck, so saliva and secretions drain outward instead of passing down toward the stomach. It is done when the swallowing tube below cannot safely carry anything, for example after a severe injury or a leak.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Neck Opening Into the Swallowing Tube cost?

$4,339

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,339 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,754 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,754$1,148 to $4,266
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$1,288 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $3,467Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $6,166
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $2,754

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
$3,162.28
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,570.40
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,918.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,570.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 15.0 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

Alaska· 24th of 50

$4,339

$2,754 physician + $1,585 facility

ME $23,768MD $1,585

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.