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Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire

Missouri 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?

$1,741

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,741 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$295$170 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$871 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,467Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $135 to $1,445
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $295

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
$478.63
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$691.83
6 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
$58.88
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$41.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 18th of 51

$1,741

$295 physician + $1,445 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.