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Balloon Tube Placement To Control Bleeding Varices

South Carolina 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?

$569

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $569 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $324 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$245$209 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$324$251 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $224 to $11,220Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $195 to $417
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $324professional $245

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
$251.19
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 20.4 times more in Florida than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeSouth Carolina $569 · 47th of 50
FL $8,542WV $418

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.