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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample in the Esophagus

South Dakota 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?

$1,319

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,319 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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$468$389 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$355 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,445Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $269 to $955
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $851professional $468

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
$199.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$794.33
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
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
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 37th of 51

$1,319

$468 physician + $851 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.