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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample in the Esophagus

Virginia 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?

$2,086

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,086 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$224$200 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$708 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $263 to $6,166Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $182 to $407
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $224

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
$229.09
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$446.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$338.84
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,630.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$436.52
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
$112.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$46.77

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 12th of 51

$2,086

$224 physician + $1,862 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.