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Rigid Scope Stretching of the Gullet

Virginia rates for HCPCS 43196

Passes a rigid scope through the mouth into the gullet and widens a narrowed section by threading a guide wire through the tight area and passing dilators of increasing size over it. It is done to make swallowing easier when the passage has narrowed from scarring, acid damage or another cause.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rigid Scope Stretching of the Gullet cost?

$339

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $229 to $3,631.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $204 to $6,918Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $166 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $339professional $209

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
$223.87
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$977.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 52.5 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Virginia· 43rd of 50

$339

IN $10,233WV $195

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.