Surgery and procedures CPT 43236 Outpatient

Upper endoscopy with injection cost in Fayetteville, AR

In Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR, 2 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with injection into the lining: from $2,855.47 to $12,122.11, with a median of $7,488.79. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas — $4,633.32 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $693.55 at 9 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 43236, 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$2,855.47Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas
Median$7,488.79half pay less
Highest$12,122.11in this market
Difference4.2×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 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR.

median
Lowest $2,855.47Highest $12,122.11

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas lowest Department Bella Vista, AR Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Submucosal Injection $2,855.47 $4,393.03 $112.42–$1,575.27 35% —
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Arkansas Childrens Northwest Springdale, AR · (479) 725-6800 INJECTION OF ESOPHAGUS; STOMACH; AND/OR UPPER SMALL BOWEL USING A FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE $12,122.11 $13,469.01 $846.51–$1,465.00 10% —
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Outpatient: lowest $2,855.47, median $7,488.79, highest $12,122.11 — a 4.2× difference within the same market.

Cash or insurance?

At 0 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

This code covers upper endoscopy in which medicine or dye is injected into the lining of the esophagus, stomach or duodenum, for example to stop bleeding or mark a spot.

What the price covers

The facility price covers the endoscopy room, equipment and recovery. The doctor, sedation and any lab exam of tissue are usually billed separately.