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Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire

Idaho 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?

$1,502

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,502 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$380$229 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$794 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $437 to $4,467Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $182 to $871
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $380

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$602.56
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,148.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$851.14
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$173.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$794.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$812.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$524.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$776.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$3,311.31
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$562.34
10 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
$89.13
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$616.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$575.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$229.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$114.82
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$74.13
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 27th of 51

$1,502

$380 physician + $1,122 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.