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Widening a Narrowed Food Pipe by Scope

Colorado rates for HCPCS 43213

A flexible scope is passed through the mouth to a narrowed segment of the food pipe, which is then stretched open with a balloon or a tapered dilator. In this version the dilating device is brought up to the narrowing from below rather than pushed down from above, which is used when the narrowing is too tight or too awkward to cross from the mouth. X-ray guidance may be used to watch the stretching.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Widening a Narrowed Food Pipe by Scope cost?

$3,388

Typical facility fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,318 to $6,607.

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 $3,388 · 10th to 90th $316 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $224 to $1,862
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $1,318

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,137.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 9.8 times more in Indiana than in Maine. 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.

Colorado· 10th of 50

$3,388

IN $6,761ME $692

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.