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Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire

Oklahoma rates for HCPCS 43453

Widens a narrowed esophagus by first passing a fine guide wire down through the narrow segment and then sliding a tapered dilator over that wire. The wire keeps the dilator on a safe path through the narrowing rather than pushing blindly. It is done for difficulty swallowing caused by scarring or another narrowing of the food pipe.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Esophagus Stretching Over a Guide Wire cost?

$3,852

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,852 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$832$107 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$871 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $407 to $6,457Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $91 to $5,888
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $832

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
$758.58
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
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
$45.71
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$87.10

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 7.1 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

Oklahoma· 3rd of 51

$3,852

$832 physician + $3,020 facility

CO $4,667MT $656

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.