Surgery and procedures CPT 43236 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Upper endoscopy with injection cost in Lafayette, LA — inpatient

In Lafayette, LA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with injection into the lining as an inpatient: from $277.84 to $488.70, with a median of $399.63. The lowest listed price is at Acadia General Hospital — $121.79 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $585.48 at 29 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 cities for code 43236, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$277.84Acadia General Hospital
Median$399.63half of hospitals charge less
Highest$488.70in this market
Difference1.8×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 Lafayette, LA.

median
Lowest $277.84Highest $488.70

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Acadia General Hospital lowest Crowley, LA · (337) 783-3222 HC EGD W/SUBMUC INJECT(S) source file $277.84 $1,208.00 — 77%
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge, LA · (337) 332-2178 HC EGD W/SUBMUC INJECT(S) source file $396.30 $1,321.00 — 70%
Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette, LA · (337) 289-7991 HC EGD W/SUBMUC INJECT(S) source file $399.63 $1,903.00 — 79%
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette, LA · (337) 261-6000 HC EGD W/SUBMUC INJECT(S) source file $439.66 $1,691.00 — 74%
Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Kaplan, LA · (337) 643-8300 HC EGD W/SUBMUC INJECT(S) source file $488.70 $1,086.00 — 55%
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Inpatient: lowest $277.84, median $399.63, highest $488.70 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $399.63 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.