Surgery and procedures CPT 43239 Outpatient

Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy in Columbus, OH

In Columbus, OH, 13 hospitals list a cash price for Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy: from $301.00 to $4,625.98, with a median of $2,738.45. The lowest listed price is at Mount Carmel Dublin.

Cash prices at 13 facilities across 7 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 Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$301.00Mount Carmel Dublin
Median$2,738.45half pay less
Highest$4,625.98in this market
Difference15.4×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 Columbus, OH.

median
Lowest $301.00Highest $4,625.98

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mount Carmel Dublin lowest Dublin, OH PR Egd Flexible Transoral W/ Biopsy Single/Multiple $301.00 $301.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel Grove City Grove City, OH PR Egd Flexible Transoral W/ Biopsy Single/Multiple $445.68 Mar 31, 2026
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Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH PR EGD TRANSORAL BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE $614.70 $683.00 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Grady Memorial Hospital Delaware, OH Hc Egd W Biopsy $1,875.90 $2,886.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Berger Hospital Circleville, OH Hc Egd W Biopsy $2,260.70 $3,478.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Pickerington Methodist Hospital Pickerington, OH Hc Egd W Biopsy $2,738.45 $4,213.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Grove City Methodist Grove City, OH Hc Egd W Biopsy $2,738.45 $4,213.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH Hc Egd W Biopsy $2,738.45 $4,213.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Doctors Hospital Columbus, OH Hc Egd W Biopsy $2,738.45 $4,213.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin, OH Hc Egd W Biopsy $2,738.45 $4,213.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Grant Medical Center Columbus, OH Hc Egd W Biopsy $2,738.45 $4,213.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Mount Carmel Dublin Dublin, OH HC Egd Flexible Transoral W/Bx Single/Mult (Restricted Method II CAH) $3,273.14 Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel Grove City Grove City, OH HC Egd Flexible Transoral W/Bx Single/Mult (Restricted Method II CAH) $3,778.71 Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel St Ann's Westerville, OH HC Egd Flexible Transoral W/Bx Single/Mult (Restricted Method II CAH) $3,870.42 Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel East Columbus, OH HC Egd Flexible Transoral W/Bx Single/Mult (Restricted Method II CAH) $4,625.98 Mar 31, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $301.00, median $2,738.45, highest $4,625.98 — a 15.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $2,738.45. 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.