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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample in the Esophagus

Oklahoma 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?

$1,725

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,725 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$245$214 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$575 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $372 to $4,677Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $191 to $2,138
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $245

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
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
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$24.55

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 25th of 51

$1,725

$245 physician + $1,479 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.