Surgery and procedures CPT 43236 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Upper endoscopy with injection cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with injection into the lining as an inpatient: from $635.80 to $936.00, with a median of $698.92. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Clinic Foundation — $63.12 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $575.88 at 26 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 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$635.80Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Median$698.92half pay less
Highest$936.00in this market
Difference1.5×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 New Orleans-Metairie, LA.

median
Lowest $635.80Highest $936.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ochsner Clinic Foundation lowest New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC EGD W/SUBMUC INJECT(S) $635.80 $2,890.00 — 78% —
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St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC EGD W/SUBMUC INJECT(S) $655.83 $2,429.00 — 73% —
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Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC EGD W/SUBMUC INJECT(S) $742.00 $2,650.00 — 72% —
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St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC EGD W/SUBMUC INJECT(S) $936.00 $2,925.00 — 68% —
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Inpatient: lowest $635.80, median $698.92, highest $936.00 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $635.80 — 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.