Surgery and procedures CPT 43239 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Upper endoscopy with biopsy cost in Baton Rouge, LA — inpatient

In Baton Rouge, LA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy as an inpatient: from $878.72 to $1,766.40, with a median of $1,020.00. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge — $141.28 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $753.11 at 44 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 43239, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$878.72Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge

Median$1,020.00half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,766.40in this market

Difference2.0×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 Baton Rouge, LA.

median

Lowest $878.72Highest $2,208.29

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge lowest Baton Rouge, LA · (225) 752-2470 HC EGD W/BX SGL OR MULT (BITE/COL source file	$878.72	$2,746.00	—	68%
Ochsner St Mary Morgan City, LA · (985) 384-2200 HC EGD W/BX SGL OR MULT (BITE/COL source file	$1,020.00	$5,100.00	—	80%
West Feliciana Parish Hospital St Francisville, LA · (225) 635-3811 EGD WITH BIOPSY SNG/MULTI source file	$1,766.40	$2,944.00	$468.30–$2,973.44	40%
West Feliciana Parish Hospital St Francisville, LA · (225) 635-3811 GASTRO W/BIOPSY SNGL/MULTI source file	$2,208.29	$3,680.48	$468.30–$3,717.28	40%

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 $878.72, median $1,020.00, highest $1,766.40 — a 2.0× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,020.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is 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 upper endoscopy (EGD) looks at the esophagus, stomach and first part of the small intestine and takes one or more tissue samples (biopsies). Biopsies can check for things like H. pylori infection, celiac disease or abnormal cells.

What the price covers

The facility price covers the procedure room and recovery. The gastroenterologist, anesthesia and the pathologist's exam of the biopsy samples are usually billed separately.