Surgery and procedures CPT 43235 Outpatient

Upper endoscopy (EGD), diagnostic in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

In Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Upper endoscopy (EGD), diagnostic: from $550.50 to $812.70, with a median of $681.60.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 — and —.

Lowest$550.50DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. Doing Business As: DURHAM REGIONAL HOSPITAL
Median$681.60half pay less
Highest$812.70in this market
Difference1.5×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC.

median
Lowest $550.50Highest $812.70

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. Doing Business As: DURHAM REGIONAL HOSPITAL lowest Durham, NC Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Transoral Diagnostic $550.50 $1,101.00 50%
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DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. Doing Business As: DURHAM REGIONAL HOSPITAL Durham, NC Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Transoral Diagnostic $550.50 $1,101.00 50%
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DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. Doing Business As: DURHAM REGIONAL HOSPITAL Durham, NC Endo Ugi Dx $812.70 $3,010.00 73%
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DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. Doing Business As: DURHAM REGIONAL HOSPITAL Durham, NC Endo Ugi Dx $812.70 $3,010.00 73%
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Outpatient: lowest $550.50, median $681.60, highest $812.70 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $682.85. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

An upper endoscopy (EGD) uses a thin, flexible camera passed through the mouth to look at the esophagus, stomach and first part of the small intestine. It is used to look into heartburn, trouble swallowing, bleeding or stomach pain. This diagnostic version takes no biopsy.

What the price covers

The facility price covers the procedure room and recovery. The gastroenterologist's fee and anesthesia or sedation are often billed separately.