go back

Division And Repair Of The Food Pipe For Varices

Wisconsin rates for HCPCS 43401

An operation for life-threatening bleeding from swollen veins in the wall of the food pipe. The surgeon divides the lower food pipe across and rejoins the two ends, which interrupts the enlarged veins running up through the wall and stops them bleeding. It is major surgery reserved for bleeding that other treatments have not brought under control.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Division And Repair Of The Food Pipe For Varices cost?

$5,370

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,026 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6,026$5,248 to $7,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$4,169 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $3,715 to $6,310Professionalmedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $7,413
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $6,026

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$70.79
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 457.1 times more in California than in Mississippi. 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.

Wisconsin· 25th of 44

$5,370

CA $11,482MS $25.12

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.