Surgery and procedures CPT 43239 Outpatient

Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy in Clinton, IA

In Clinton, IA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy: from $301.00 to $11,677.09, with a median of $5,989.05.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Mar 31, 2026.

Lowest$301.00Mercy Medical Center-Clinton Inc
Median$5,989.05half pay less
Highest$11,677.09in this market
Difference38.8×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 Clinton, IA.

median
Lowest $301.00Highest $11,677.09

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mercy Medical Center-Clinton Inc lowest Clinton, IA PR Egd Flexible Transoral W/ Biopsy Single/Multiple $301.00 $301.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Mercy Medical Center-Clinton Inc Clinton, IA HC Egd Flexible Transoral W/Bx Single/Mult (Restricted Method II CAH) $11,677.09 Mar 31, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $301.00, median $5,989.05, highest $11,677.09 — a 38.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $353.80. 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.