CPT 00500

Anesthesia for esophagus surgery

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Provider: anthropic
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

ESOPHAGEAL SURGERY

Payer pricing summary

Low

Average

$300

Median

$113

High

$2.0k

Payer rate distribution

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1	Molina facility · case rate · outpatient · +12 other terms	29	$127	$106	$96	91%	—	$15 – $308
2	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	23	$38	$1.1k	$2.3k	205%	—	$15 – $8.4k
3	UnitedHealthcare professional · case rate · outpatient · +20 other terms	20	$21	$21	—	—	—	$21 – $21
4	Humana professional · case rate · outpatient · +15 other terms	19	$21	$21	—	—	—	$21 – $21
5	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms	17	$77	$117	$162	139%	—	$0 – $1.3k
6	Regence professional · case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms	17	$21	$21	—	—	—	$21 – $21
7	Anthem facility · case rate · outpatient · +14 other terms	15	$182	$199	$47	23%	—	$124 – $308
8	Caresource facility · case rate · outpatient · +7 other terms	15	$185	$199	$46	23%	—	$124 – $314
9	Optum facility · case rate · outpatient · +3 other terms	13	$164	$161	$74	46%	—	$14 – $279
10	Cigna professional · other · outpatient · +15 other terms	11	$79	$79	$28	35%	—	$21 – $130
11	Medicaid fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	10	$1.3k	$1.3k	—	—	—	$1.3k – $1.3k
12	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	9	$79	$111	$202	183%	—	$20 – $1.3k
13	WellCare professional · fee schedule · both · +8 other terms	9	$14	$15	$10	63%	—	$0 – $42
14	Aetna Better Health professional · fee schedule · both · +4 other terms	8	$10	$11	$9	81%	—	$0 – $21
15	Amerihealth Caritas other · outpatient · +5 other terms	7	$2.0k	$1.9k	$534	29%	—	$15 – $2.0k
16	Bcbs Il professional · fee schedule · both · +2 other terms	7	$10	$8	$10	120%	—	$0 – $21
17	Ambetter other · outpatient · +7 other terms	6	$2.0k	$2.0k	—	—	—	$2.0k – $2.0k
18	Highmark other · outpatient · +3 other terms	6	$2.0k	$2.0k	—	—	—	$2.0k – $2.0k
19	Tricare other · outpatient · +5 other terms	6	$2.0k	$2.0k	—	—	—	$2.0k – $2.0k
20	Bcbs Mn fee schedule · outpatient	5	$1	$1	$0	66%	—	$0 – $1
21	Clover fee schedule · inpatient · +1 other terms	5	$22	$22	—	—	—	$22 – $22
22	First Health professional · fee schedule · both · +5 other terms	5	$64	$64	—	—	—	$64 – $64
23	Medicare fee schedule · inpatient · +2 other terms	5	$20	$20	—	—	—	$20 – $20
24	Oscar fee schedule · inpatient · +5 other terms	5	$102	$102	—	—	—	$102 – $102
25	MultiPlan professional · fee schedule · both · +12 other terms	4	$64	$61	$6	10%	—	$50 – $66

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