Surgery and procedures CPT 43236 Outpatient

Upper endoscopy with injection cost in Lima, OH

In Lima, OH, 2 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with injection into the lining: from $1,016.10 to $5,790.42, with a median of $3,403.26. The lowest listed price is at Lima Memorial Health System — $2,387.16 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $2,803.45 at 61 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,016.10Lima Memorial Health System
Median$3,403.26half pay less
Highest$5,790.42in this market
Difference5.7×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 Lima, OH.

median
Lowest $1,016.10Highest $5,790.42

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Lima Memorial Health System lowest Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Uppr Gi Scope Wsubmuc Inj $1,016.10 $1,129.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center Lima, OH · (419) 227-3361 Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Submucosal Injection $5,790.42 $9,650.70 $899.22 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $1,016.10, median $3,403.26, highest $5,790.42 — a 5.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,016.10. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.