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Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire

Ohio 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?

$2,089

Typical facility fee. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,000 to $4,467.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $363 to $9,772
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089

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
$251.19
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$10,715.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$7,943.28
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,445.44
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 17th of 50

$2,089

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.