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Balloon Tube Placement To Control Bleeding Varices

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 43460

This service places a special tube with inflatable balloons through the mouth or nose into the esophagus and stomach to apply direct pressure and control severe bleeding from enlarged, fragile veins called varices. It is an emergency measure used when bleeding cannot be controlled by other means, buying time until more definitive treatment can be arranged. The balloons compress the bleeding vessels from within.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Balloon Tube Placement To Control Bleeding Varices cost?

$240

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $214 to $245.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $240 to $7,762Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $195 to $316
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $240

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
$239.88
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$263.03
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$501.19

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Washington, DC· 36th of 51

$240

CA $550WV $209

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.