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Surgery and procedures CPT 43236 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Upper endoscopy with injection cost in Meridian, MS — inpatient

In Meridian, MS, 2 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with injection into the lining as an inpatient: from $716.51 to $1,548.58, with a median of $1,132.55. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Rush Hospital — $416.04 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $1,162.29 at 22 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 43236, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Oct 1, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$716.51Ochsner Rush Hospital
Median$1,132.55half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,548.58in this market
Difference2.2×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 Meridian, MS.

median
Lowest $716.51Highest $1,548.58

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Ochsner Rush Hospital lowest Meridian, MS · (601) 483-0011 HC EGD W/SUBMUC INJECT(S) source file $716.51 $2,311.31 — 69%
Ochsner Watkins Hospital Quitman, MS · (601) 776-6925 HC EGD W/SUBMUC INJECT(S) source file $1,548.58 $2,311.31 — 33%
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 $716.51, median $1,132.55, highest $1,548.58 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,132.55 — 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.