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Upper Digestive Endoscopy With Stretching Of A Narrowed Area

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 43245

This is an endoscopy in which a thin, flexible scope with a camera is passed through the mouth into the stomach and the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine, during which a narrowed section in the stomach or duodenum is gently stretched open using a balloon or dilating instrument passed through the scope. It combines diagnostic viewing of the stomach and duodenum with treatment of the narrowing in the same procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Upper Digestive Endoscopy With Stretching Of A Narrowed Area cost?

$1,662

Typical total for the visit. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,662 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$282$182 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$832 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $245 to $2,455Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $170 to $759
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,380professional $282

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$741.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$954.99
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$912.01

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in New Jersey than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeArkansas $1,662 · 37th of 51
NJ $5,817MT $702

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.