SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Upper endoscopy (EGD), diagnostic in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 43235, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 28, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa Corp WEST DES MOINES, IA
PR Egd Flexible Transoral Dx Incl Coll Spec by Brushing/Washing
$267.00 $267.00 Mar 31, 2026
file
Central Iowa Hospital Corporation DES MOINES, IA
PR ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC
$687.20 $859.00 20% Jan 28, 2026
file
Central Iowa Hospital Corporation DES MOINES, IA
PR ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC
$687.20 $859.00 20% Jan 28, 2026
file
Central Iowa Hospital Corporation DES MOINES, IA
HC UGI DIAGNOSTIC
$1,610.37 $2,012.96 20% Jan 28, 2026
file
Central Iowa Hospital Corporation DES MOINES, IA
HC UGI DIAGNOSTIC
$1,610.37 $2,012.96 20% Jan 28, 2026
file
Mercy Medical Center - Newton NEWTON, IA
PR Egd Flexible Transoral Dx Incl Coll Spec by Brushing/Washing
$10,242.70 Mar 31, 2026
file
Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa Corp DES MOINES, IA
PR Egd Flexible Transoral Dx Incl Coll Spec by Brushing/Washing
$14,673.40 $267.00 -5396% Mar 31, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $267.00, median $1,610.37, highest $14,673.40 — a 55.0× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $687.20. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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