Surgery and procedures CPT 43239 Outpatient

Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN

In Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy: from $654.15 to $8,122.65, with a median of $2,203.90. The lowest listed price is at Witham Memorial Hospital.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 43239, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and May 5, 2026.

Lowest$654.15Witham Memorial Hospital
Median$2,203.90half pay less
Highest$8,122.65in this market
Difference12.4×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 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN.

median
Lowest $654.15Highest $8,122.65

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Witham Memorial Hospital lowest Lebanon, IN Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope $654.15 $934.50 30% Mar 31, 2026
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Johnson Memorial Hospital Franklin, IN Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope $751.20 $939.00 20% May 5, 2026
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Eskenazi Health Indianapolis, IN HC Egd Biopsy Single/Multiple $3,656.59 $4,062.88 10%
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Eskenazi Health Indianapolis, IN HC Egd Biopsy Single/Multiple $8,122.65 $9,025.17 10%
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Outpatient: lowest $654.15, median $2,203.90, highest $8,122.65 — a 12.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $3,656.59. 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.