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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 October 2026.

How much does Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire cost?

$1,730

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,730 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$251$182 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$955 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $676 to $6,166Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $123 to $1,023
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $251

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
$346.74
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,818.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$933.25
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
$58.88
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$34.67

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 19th of 51

$1,730

$251 physician + $1,479 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.