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Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire

Oregon 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?

$468

Typical facility fee. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $245 to $741.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $155 to $955Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,000
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $468professional $347

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
$323.59
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,000.00
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$724.44
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$741.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$758.58
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 40th of 50

$468

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.