Surgery and procedures CPT 43239 Outpatient

Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

In Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy: from $495.00 to $7,903.79, with a median of $495.00. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Southeast.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 43239, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 12, 2026 and Jun 12, 2026.

Lowest$495.00Mercy Hospital Southeast
Median$495.00half pay less
Highest$7,903.79in this market
Difference16.0×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 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL.

median
Lowest $495.00Highest $7,903.79

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mercy Hospital Southeast lowest Cape Girardeau, MO Egd Transoral Biopsy Single/Multiple $495.00 $660.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO Egd Transoral Biopsy Single/Multiple $495.00 $660.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Southeast Hospital dba Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO GI Egd W/Biopsy Pf $7,903.79 $12,159.68 35%
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Outpatient: lowest $495.00, median $495.00, highest $7,903.79 — a 16.0× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $495.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.