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Rebuilding The Swallowing Passage With Intestine

North Carolina 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?

$6,779

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,779 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,467$3,020 to $5,248
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$2,630 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $7,244Professionalmedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $7,586
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $3,467

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
$1,659.59
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$35,481.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,244.36
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$16,595.87
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,054.61
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$23,442.29

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 32nd of 50

$6,779

$3,467 physician + $3,311 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.