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Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire

Nebraska 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?

$3,090

Typical facility fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $447 to $7,079.

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 $3,388 · 10th to 90th $204 to $13,490Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $251 to $977
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $708

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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$812.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 10th of 50

$3,090

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.