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Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire

Minnesota 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?

$1,259

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $537 to $3,020.

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 $1,259 · 10th to 90th $182 to $5,754
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259

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
$120.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 29th of 50

$1,259

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.