CPT 43040
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.
Original text from hospital filings
Esphagotomy, thoracic approach; without removal of foreign body
Low
$440
Average
$9.9k
Median
$5.3k
High
$50k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
22 payers; the 90th percentile is 60.7× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many payers fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| 1 | Blue Cross Blue Shield other · outpatient · +3 other terms | 5 | $24.2k | $24.2k | $7.2k | 30% | — | $14.0k – $33.3k |
| 2 | Caresource other · outpatient · +2 other terms | 5 | $6.5k | $7.4k | $1.6k | 21% | — | $5.8k – $9.4k |
| 3 | Cigna case rate · outpatient · +3 other terms | 5 | $12.0k | $12.0k | — | — | — | $12.0k – $12.0k |
| 4 | Kaiser case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms | 5 | $6.3k | $6.3k | $915 | 15% | — | $5.3k – $7.5k |
| 5 | Oscar case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms | 5 | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | — | $6.1k – $6.1k |
| 6 | Tricare fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $50k | $50k | — | — | — | $50k – $50k |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare case rate · outpatient · +3 other terms | 5 | $7.5k | $7.5k | $799 | 11% | — | $6.3k – $8.1k |
| 8 | Aetna case rate · inpatient · +5 other terms | 3 | $593 | $482 | $441 | 91% | — | $22 – $1.5k |
| 9 | Ambetter per diem · inpatient | 3 | $593 | $482 | $441 | 91% | — | $22 – $1.5k |
| 10 | Humana case rate · inpatient · +2 other terms | 3 | $593 | $482 | $441 | 91% | — | $22 – $1.5k |
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