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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 October 2026.

How much does Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire cost?

$3,344

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,344 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$200 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,047 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $191 to $5,012Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $170 to $501
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $324

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
$190.55
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$416.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,623.41
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$912.01
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$562.34
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
$67.61
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$41.69

Where Utah 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

Utah· 5th of 51

$3,344

$324 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.