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Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire

New York 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?

$3,451

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,451 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$288$186 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,479 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $794 to $7,244Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $117 to $479
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $288

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
$1,348.96
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$562.34
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$489.78
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$8,511.38
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
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
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$43.65
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81

Where New York 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

New York· 3rd of 51

$3,451

$288 physician + $3,162 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.