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Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire

Utah 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?

$646

Typical facility fee. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $240 to $3,162.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $191 to $4,571Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $170 to $776
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $490

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
$190.55
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 36th of 50

$646

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.