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Nasal Scope Exam Of The Swallowing Tube With Tissue Sample

Louisiana 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$191$117 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$891 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $295 to $3,467Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $93 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $191

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
$288.40
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$338.84

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 24th of 51

$214

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.