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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 July 2026.

How much does Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire cost?

$5,623

Typical facility fee. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,623 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,311 to $8,913.

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 $5,623 · 10th to 90th $537 to $10,471
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,623

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
$186.21
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,623.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$10,471.29
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 2nd of 50

$5,623

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.