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Nasal Scope Exam Of The Swallowing Tube With Tissue Sample

Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma, 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 $1,445 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$102 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$891 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $224 to $3,890Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $91 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $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
$223.87
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$309.03

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 23rd 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.