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Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire

Arizona rates for HCPCS 43226

A flexible scope is passed through the mouth into the food pipe, a guide wire is threaded through the narrowed section, and tapered dilators are passed over that wire to stretch the narrowing open. The wire keeps the dilators on a safe path through the tight segment. It relieves food sticking and difficulty swallowing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire cost?

$1,995

Typical facility fee. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $437 to $3,802.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $162 to $5,623
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995

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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 24.0 times more in Delaware than in Montana. 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.

Arizona· 19th of 50

$1,995

DE $6,457MT $269

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.