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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 July 2026.

How much does Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire cost?

$437

Typical facility fee. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $214 to $1,318.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $162 to $4,467
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $437

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,897.79
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$831.76
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,165.95
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,762.47

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 42nd of 50

$437

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.