Surgery and procedures CPT 43235 Outpatient

Upper endoscopy (EGD), diagnostic in Rochester, NY

In Rochester, NY, 7 hospitals list a cash price for Upper endoscopy (EGD), diagnostic: from $297.50 to $3,818.20, with a median of $1,526.00. The lowest listed price is at Strong Memorial Hospital.

Cash prices at 7 facilities across 4 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$297.50Strong Memorial Hospital
Median$1,526.00half pay less
Highest$3,818.20in this market
Difference12.8×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 Rochester, NY.

median
Lowest $297.50Highest $3,818.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Strong Memorial Hospital lowest Rochester, NY PR ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC $297.50 $595.00 50%
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Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville, NY PR ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC $472.87 $793.00 40%
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F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua, NY PR ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC $545.61 $915.00 40%
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Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY Egd diagnostic brush wash $1,076.58
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Highland Hospital Rochester, NY Egd diagnostic brush wash $1,076.58
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F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua, NY Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Transoral Diagnostic $1,526.00
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Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark, NY HC ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC $1,706.99 $2,626.14 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY HC ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC $1,706.99 $2,626.14 35% Apr 1, 2026
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The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester, NY HC ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC $2,100.91 $2,626.14 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Highland Hospital Rochester, NY Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Transoral Diagnostic $3,818.20
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Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Transoral Diagnostic $3,818.20
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Outpatient: lowest $297.50, median $1,526.00, highest $3,818.20 — a 12.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $1,126.30. 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.