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Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire

Georgia 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?

$2,570

Typical facility fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,072 to $4,571.

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 $2,754 · 10th to 90th $513 to $6,918Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $132 to $813
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $427

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
$389.05
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,122.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,011.87

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 12th of 50

$2,570

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.