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Upper Endoscopy With Esophageal Dilation

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 43248

During this upper endoscopy, a flexible scope is passed through the mouth into the esophagus, stomach, and the first part of the small intestine, and a guide wire is used to direct a dilating instrument to stretch a narrowed section of the esophagus. Widening the narrowed area helps relieve difficulty swallowing caused by strictures, scar tissue, or other narrowing. It combines the diagnostic view of an upper endoscopy with a therapeutic stretching procedure in the same visit.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Upper Endoscopy With Esophageal Dilation cost?

$2,381

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,381 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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 75 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$191 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$676 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $263 to $7,244Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $158 to $813
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $339

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
$398.11
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$776.25

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 8.1 times more in New Jersey 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

Touch or drag across the chart to see any state's rate.

NJ $5,483MT $680

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.