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Rigid Esophagus Scope With Balloon Widening

Florida rates for HCPCS 43195

A rigid, non-bending scope is passed through the mouth into the esophagus, and a balloon is inflated inside a narrowed section to stretch it open. Widening the passage makes swallowing easier when scarring or a tight ring has narrowed the food pipe. General anesthesia is normally used because of the rigid scope.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Rigid Esophagus Scope With Balloon Widening cost?

$1,539

Typical total for the visit. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,539 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$158$132 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$661 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $468 to $11,749Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $112 to $257
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $158

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$269.15
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$204.17
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$281.84
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.50

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 9.8 times more in Alabama than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Florida· 35th of 51

$1,539

$158 physician + $1,380 facility

AL $5,589MT $570

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.