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Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire

Kansas 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?

$1,329

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,329 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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$417$214 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$851 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $537 to $3,631Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,445
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $912professional $417

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
$1,023.29
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$446.68
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
$67.61
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$61.66

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 32nd of 51

$1,329

$417 physician + $912 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.