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Nasal Scope Exam Of The Swallowing Tube With Tissue Sample

Kansas rates for HCPCS 43198

This is a diagnostic examination of the swallowing tube (esophagus) using a thin, flexible scope passed through the nose rather than the mouth. During the exam, the physician takes a small tissue sample for further laboratory testing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nasal Scope Exam Of The Swallowing Tube With Tissue Sample cost?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$200$141 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$490 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $155 to $7,413Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $102 to $316
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $200

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
$257.04
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Minnesota than in Kentucky. 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.

Kansas· 13th of 51

$224

MN $331KY $170

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.