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Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire

South Dakota 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?

$1,139

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,139 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$380$295 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$513 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,202Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $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
$128.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,818.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$457.09
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
$53.70
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$37.15

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 44th of 51

$1,139

$380 physician + $759 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.