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Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire

Oklahoma 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?

$3,391

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,391 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$158 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$851 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $417 to $6,918Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $135 to $2,818
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $372

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
$630.96
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$407.38
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
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$41.69

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 4th of 51

$3,391

$372 physician + $3,020 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.