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Rebuilding The Swallowing Passage With Intestine

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 43361

Rebuilds the route from the throat to the stomach after the esophagus has been removed or bypassed, using a length of the patient's own intestine moved up and joined at both ends. The moved segment keeps its own blood supply and takes over as the passage food travels through.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rebuilding The Swallowing Passage With Intestine cost?

$12,968

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,968 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,888 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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$5,888$3,981 to $8,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$2,951 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $19,498Professionalmedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $9,772
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,079professional $5,888

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
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$21,877.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$24,547.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,964.78
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$19,498.45
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,120.11

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 7.7 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

Minnesota· 5th of 50

$12,968

$5,888 physician + $7,079 facility

ME $25,623MD $3,321

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.