Surgery and procedures CPT 43236 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Upper endoscopy with injection cost in Philadelphia, PA — inpatient

In Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 8 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with injection into the lining as an inpatient: from $330.00 to $4,812.00, with a median of $541.60. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital and 1 other hospital — $211.60 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $3,118.20 at 38 hospitals.

Cash prices at 8 facilities across 8 cities for code 43236, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$330.00Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital + 1 more
Median$541.60half pay less
Highest$4,812.00in this market
Difference14.6×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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.

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Lowest $330.00Highest $4,812.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital lowest Darby, PA · (215) 237-4000 PR Egd Flexible Transoral W/ Directed Submucosal Injection(S) Any Substance $330.00 $330.00 $43.67–$313.50 — Mar 31, 2026
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Nazareth Hospital lowest Philadelphia, PA · (215) 335-6000 PR Egd Flexible Transoral W/ Directed Submucosal Injection(S) Any Substance $330.00 $330.00 $43.67–$313.50 — Mar 31, 2026
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Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood, PA · (610) 645-2000 Hc Injection Of Esophagus, Stomach, And/Or Upper Small Bowel Using A Flexib $541.60 $1,354.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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The Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr, PA · (610) 526-3000 Hc Injection Of Esophagus, Stomach, And/Or Upper Small Bowel Using A Flexib $541.60 $1,354.00 — 60% —
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Riddle Memorial Hospital Media, PA · (610) 566-9400 Hc Injection Of Esophagus, Stomach, And/Or Upper Small Bowel Using A Flexib $541.60 $1,354.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Paoli Hospital Paoli, PA · (610) 648-1000 Hc Injection Of Esophagus, Stomach, And/Or Upper Small Bowel Using A Flexib $541.60 $1,354.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital Malvern, PA Hc Injection Of Esophagus, Stomach, And/Or Upper Small Bowel Using A Flexib $541.60 $1,354.00 — 60% —
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Nemours Children's Hospital Wilmington, DE · (302) 651-4000 Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Flex Transoral W/Dir Submuc Inj Any Subs $4,812.00 $4,812.00 — — —
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Nemours Children's Hospital Wilmington, DE · (302) 651-4000 Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Flex Transoral W/Dir Submuc Inj Any Subs $4,812.00 $4,812.00 — — —
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Inpatient: lowest $330.00, median $541.60, highest $4,812.00 — a 14.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $892.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.