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Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire

Hawaii 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?

$1,434

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,434 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$145 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$813 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,884Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $30 to $575
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $955professional $479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$575.44
5 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
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$44.67

Where Hawaii 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

Hawaii· 29th of 51

$1,434

$479 physician + $955 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.