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Esophageal Dilation Without A Scope

Alaska rates for HCPCS 43450

This procedure stretches a narrowed section of the esophagus by passing a smooth, tapered dilating instrument down the throat, guided by feel rather than through direct visualization with an endoscope or with imaging. Widening the narrowed area helps relieve difficulty or discomfort with swallowing caused by strictures or scar tissue. It may be repeated with progressively larger dilators during the same session.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Esophageal Dilation Without A Scope cost?

$423

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $423 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $200 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$224$145 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$200$123 to $309

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $91 to $589Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $79 to $851
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $200professional $224

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
$263.03
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$524.81
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$426.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,174.90
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$426.58
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$588.84

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 26.3 times more in New Jersey than in Vermont. 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

Alaska· 45th of 51

$423

$224 physician + $200 facility

NJ $4,622VT $176

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.