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Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire

Nevada 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?

$1,535

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,535 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$186$138 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$724 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $457 to $4,074Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $123 to $479
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $186

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
$138.04
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$436.52
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$933.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$489.78
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
$95.50
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$41.69

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 25th of 51

$1,535

$186 physician + $1,349 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.