Upper endoscopy (EGD), diagnostic in Pittsburgh, PA
In Pittsburgh, PA, 10 hospitals list a cash price for Upper endoscopy (EGD), diagnostic: from $229.50 to $3,909.00, with a median of $2,397.00. The lowest listed price is at Uniontown Hospital.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 5 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 6, 2026 and Mar 6, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Pittsburgh, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uniontown Hospital lowest Uniontown, PA DIAGNOSTIC EXAM OF ESOPHAGUS; STOMACH; AND/OR UPPER SMALL BOWEL USING A FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE | $229.50 | $459.00 | 50% | — source file |
| UPMC Jameson New Castle, PA EGD W/WO BRUSHINGS | $1,872.60 | $3,121.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh, PA HC EGD W/WO BRUSHINGS | $1,895.40 | $3,159.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC McKeesport McKeesport, PA EGD W/WO BRUSHINGS | $2,260.80 | $3,768.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC East Monroeville, PA EGD W/WO BRUSHINGS | $2,281.20 | $3,802.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC St Margaret Pittsburgh, PA EGD W/WO BRUSHINGS | $2,512.80 | $4,188.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA EGD W/WO BRUSHINGS | $2,978.40 | $4,964.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA EGD W/WO BRUSHINGS | $3,235.80 | $5,393.00 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA HC EGD W/WO BRUSHINGS | $3,288.00 | $5,480.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA EGD W/WO BRUSHINGS | $3,909.00 | $6,515.00 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $229.50, median $2,397.00, highest $3,909.00 — a 17.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $2,512.80. 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.
7 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 43235 ($1,379.75). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PAPR ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC | $64.79 | file |
| West Penn Allegheny Health System INC Monroeville, PAPR ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC | $75.02 | file |
| Canonsburg General Hospital Canonsburg, PAPR ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC | $75.02 | file |
| Alle-Kiski Medical Center Natrona Heights, PAPR ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC | $78.43 | file |
| West Penn Allegheny Health System INC Pittsburgh, PAPR ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC | $81.84 | file |
| West Penn Allegheny Health System INC Wexford, PAPR ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC | $88.66 | file |
| West Penn Allegheny Health System INC Pittsburgh, PAPR ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC | $92.07 | file |