SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Upper endoscopy (EGD), diagnostic in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

Cash prices at 4 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego SAN DIEGO, CA
Rch Smh-Egd Esoph Gast Duod
$1,436.25 $1,915.00 25% Apr 1, 2026
file
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO - CLAIREMONT MESA SAN DIEGO, CA
ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC
$1,872.00 $3,600.00 48%
file
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO - ZION SAN DIEGO, CA
ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC
$1,872.00 $3,600.00 48%
file
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS SAN MARCOS, CA
ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC
$1,872.00 $3,600.00 48%
file

Outpatient: lowest $1,436.25, median $1,872.00, highest $1,872.00 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $1,872.00. 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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