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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample in the Esophagus

West 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?

$715

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $715 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $427 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$288$200 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$427$219 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,660Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,023
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $427professional $288

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,584.89
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$239.88
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
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.39

Where West 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

West Virginia· 50th of 51

$715

$288 physician + $427 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.