Surgery and procedures CPT 43239 Outpatient

Upper endoscopy with biopsy cost in Memphis, TN

In Memphis, TN-MS-AR, 10 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy: from $188.10 to $987.80, with a median of $725.20. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden — $537.10 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $987.80 at 41 hospitals.

The median here, $725.20, is 56% below the US median of $1,660.00.
That is 0.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($926.63).
Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Cash prices at 10 facilities across 5 cities for code 43239, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 6, 2025 and Mar 19, 2026.

Lowest$188.10Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden

Median$725.20half of hospitals charge less

Highest$987.80in this market

Difference5.3×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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR.

median

Lowest $188.10Highest $2,763.03

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden lowest West Memphis, AR · (870) 394-7800 HC ED 43239-UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY BIOPSY File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file	$188.10	$1,254.00	$68.01–$3,775.00	85%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC ED 43239-UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY BIOPSY File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file	$263.34	$1,254.00	$326.04–$2,227.00	79%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC ED 43239-UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY BIOPSY File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$263.34	$1,254.00	$326.04–$3,775.00	79%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis, TN HC ED 43239-UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY BIOPSY File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file	$263.34	$1,254.00	$326.04–$2,227.00	79%
Regional One Health Memphis, TN · (901) 545-7928 2540050000 - Biopsy,Esophogus/Stomach/Duod/ 43239+1 more line at this price File of Jan 6, 2025 · source file	$509.90	$930.48	$297.00–$1,879.00	45%
Methodist Olive Branch Hospital Olive Branch, MS · (662) 932-9000 HC Egd Transoral Biopsy Single/Multiple - Egd File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file	$940.50	$4,275.00	$297.00–$3,463.00	78%
Methodist North Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC Egd Transoral Biopsy Single/Multiple - Egd File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file	$940.50	$4,275.00	$297.00–$3,463.00	78%
Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital Germantown, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC Egd Transoral Biopsy Single/Multiple - Egd File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file	$940.50	$4,275.00	$297.00–$3,463.00	78%
Methodist University Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC Egd Transoral Biopsy Single/Multiple - Egd File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file	$940.50	$4,275.00	$297.00–$3,463.00	78%
Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis, TN HC Egd Transoral Biopsy Single/Multiple - Egd File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file	$987.80	$4,490.00	—	78%
Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis, TN HC Egd Transoral Biopsy Single/Multiple - Egd File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file	$1,704.42	$7,747.38	—	78%
Methodist Olive Branch Hospital Olive Branch, MS · (662) 932-9000 HC Egd Transoral Biopsy Single/Multiple - Egd File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file	$1,962.27	$8,919.43	$297.00–$3,463.00	78%
Methodist North Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC Egd Transoral Biopsy Single/Multiple - Egd File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file	$2,088.87	$9,494.88	$297.00–$3,463.00	78%
Methodist University Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC Egd Transoral Biopsy Single/Multiple - Egd File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file	$2,749.58	$12,498.07	$297.00–$3,626.38	78%
Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital Germantown, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC Egd Transoral Biopsy Single/Multiple - Egd File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file	$2,763.03	$12,559.25	$297.00–$3,463.00	78%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Outpatient: lowest $188.10, median $725.20, highest $987.80 — a 5.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $940.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 9 of 9 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 3 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What upper endoscopy with biopsy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Upper endoscopy with biopsy explained.