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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample in the Esophagus

Kansas rates for HCPCS 43232

A flexible scope with an ultrasound probe at its tip is passed through the mouth into the esophagus, giving a detailed picture of the wall of the food pipe and the structures just beyond it. Watching the ultrasound image, a thin needle is passed through the scope to take a sample from a lump, thickened area, or lymph node. The sample is sent for examination under a microscope.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample in the Esophagus cost?

$1,751

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,751 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$240 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$1,047 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $562 to $3,802Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $209 to $2,138
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $339

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
$1,174.90
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38
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
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$33.11

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 6.8 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

Kansas· 23rd of 51

$1,751

$339 physician + $1,413 facility

CO $4,179MT $618

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.