Surgery and procedures CPT 43235 Outpatient

Upper endoscopy (EGD), diagnostic in Kansas City, MO-KS

In Kansas City, MO-KS, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Upper endoscopy (EGD), diagnostic: from $299.52 to $903.00, with a median of $686.40. The lowest listed price is at Children's Mercy Hospital.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 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 Mar 17, 2026 and Mar 17, 2026.

Lowest$299.52Children's Mercy Hospital
Median$686.40half pay less
Highest$903.00in this market
Difference3.0×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 Kansas City, MO-KS.

median
Lowest $299.52Highest $903.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Children's Mercy Hospital lowest Kansas City, MO UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY DIAGNOSTIC GIP $299.52 $624.00 52%
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Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY DIAGNOSTIC GIP $299.52 $624.00 52%
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Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY DIAGNOSTIC ENT $686.40 $1,430.00 52%
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Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY DIAGNOSTIC ENT $686.40 $1,430.00 52%
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St Joseph Medical Center Kansas City, MO Hc Egd Transoral Diagnostic $903.00 $4,631.91 81% Mar 17, 2026
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St Joseph Medical Center Kansas City, MO Egd Diagnostic Brush Wash $903.00 $7,371.71 88% Mar 17, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $299.52, median $686.40, highest $903.00 — a 3.0× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $492.96. 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.