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Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire

Florida 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?

$4,365

Typical facility fee. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,514 to $7,244.

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 $4,365 · 10th to 90th $646 to $10,965
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365

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
$602.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 5th of 50

$4,365

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.