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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 October 2026.

How much does Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire cost?

$1,088

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,088 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$380$229 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$513 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $257 to $4,677Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $186 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $380

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$977.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$794.33
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$977.24
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$7,585.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,000.00
10 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
$97.72
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$61.66
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$309.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$123.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$93.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$61.66

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 45th of 51

$1,088

$380 physician + $708 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.