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Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire

Indiana 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?

$2,623

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,623 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$224$158 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$933 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $490 to $8,318Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $126 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $224

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
$125.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,778.28
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$549.54
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,754.23
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$457.09
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
$63.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.90

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 8th of 51

$2,623

$224 physician + $2,399 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.