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Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire

Colorado 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?

$3,236

Typical facility fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $389 to $6,166.

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 $3,236 · 10th to 90th $166 to $8,128Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $117 to $871
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $437

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
$389.05
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
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
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$630.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 9th of 50

$3,236

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.