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
$1.7k
Median
$593
High
$17.5k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
15 payers; the 90th percentile is 1.4× 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 | Ambetter per diem · inpatient | 3 | $593 | $482 | $441 | 91% | — | $22 – $1.5k |
| 2 | Cigna per diem · inpatient | 2 | $607 | $602 | $14 | 2% | — | $593 – $622 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare per diem · inpatient | 2 | $607 | $612 | $14 | 2% | — | $593 – $622 |
| 4 | Aetna per diem · inpatient | 1 | $622 | $622 | — | — | — | $622 – $622 |
| 5 | Anthem per diem · inpatient | 1 | $593 | $593 | — | — | — | $593 – $593 |
| 6 | Bcbs Ar per diem · inpatient | 1 | $440 | $440 | $502 | 114% | — | $22 – $1.5k |
| 7 | Bcbs Ok per diem · inpatient | 1 | $440 | $440 | $502 | 114% | — | $22 – $1.5k |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield per diem · inpatient | 1 | $440 | $440 | $502 | 114% | — | $22 – $1.5k |
| 9 | Caresource per diem · inpatient | 1 | $622 | $622 | — | — | — | $622 – $622 |
| 10 | Humana per diem · inpatient | 1 | $593 | $593 | — | — | — | $593 – $593 |
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