Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
In Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, 14 hospitals list a cash price for Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy: from $183.75 to $11,659.27, with a median of $2,268.70. The lowest listed price is at Humboldt Park Health.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 11 cities 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 Mar 31, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt Park Health lowest North Francisco Chicago, IL Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope | $183.75 | $656.25 | 72% | Aug 24, 2026 source file |
| Gottlieb Memorial Hospital Melrose Park, IL Egd Flx Trnsoral W/ Bx Sing/Mult | $652.46 | $3,434.00 | 81% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Gottlieb Memorial Hospital Melrose Park, IL Egd Flex Trnsoral W/ Bx Sing/Mult | $652.46 | $3,434.00 | 81% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL Egd Flex Trnsoral W/ Bx Sing/Mult | $789.82 | $3,434.00 | 77% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL Egd Flx Trnsoral W/ Bx Sing/Mult | $789.82 | $3,434.00 | 77% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Saint Francis Hospital Evanston, IL HC EGD TRANSORAL BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE | $967.00 | $3,966.00 | 76% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Francis Hospital Evanston, IL Egd biopsy single/multiple | $967.00 | $6,790.00 | 86% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Roseland Community Hospital Association Chicago, IL Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope | $1,210.47 | $2,159.00 | 44% | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Presence Chicago Hospitals Network Chicago, IL HC UGI W BX. SGL/MULTIPLE | $1,308.78 | $3,966.00 | 67% | — source file |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL H 43239 EDG TRANSORAL BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE | $2,268.70 | $3,241.00 | 30% | — source file |
| The University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL Pr Egd Transoral Biopsy Single/Multiple-Pbb | $2,569.00 | $2,569.00 | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL Pr Egd Transoral Biopsy Single/Multiple-Gast | $2,569.00 | $2,569.00 | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Wheaton, IL HB Egd Transoral Biopsy Single/Multiple | $3,217.90 | $4,597.00 | 30% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL Hc Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, Flexible, Transoral; With Biopsy, Single Or Multiple-Pbb | $4,634.00 | $4,634.00 | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL HB Egd Transoral Biopsy Single/Multiple | $9,470.38 | $13,529.11 | 30% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital Sandwich, IL HB Egd Transoral Biopsy Single/Multiple | $10,335.13 | $14,764.47 | 30% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital Dekalb, IL HB Egd Transoral Biopsy Single/Multiple | $11,181.04 | $15,972.91 | 30% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL HB Egd Transoral Biopsy Single/Multiple | $11,416.60 | $16,309.43 | 30% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL HB Egd Transoral Biopsy Single/Multiple | $11,659.27 | $16,656.10 | 30% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $183.75, median $2,268.70, highest $11,659.27 — a 63.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $2,569.00. 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.