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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 October 2026.

How much does Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire cost?

$1,301

Typical total for the visit. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,301 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$229$120 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$617 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $427 to $6,607Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $98 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,072professional $229

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$346.74
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$7,413.10
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$389.05
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$32.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 5.7 times more in Colorado 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Florida· 35th of 51

$1,301

$229 physician + $1,072 facility

CO $4,090MT $722

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.