Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy: from $611.32 to $1,844.64, with a median of $1,093.16. The lowest listed price is at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 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 Oct 1, 2025 and Oct 1, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital lowest Lebanon, TN EGD TRANSORAL BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE | $611.32 | $2,108.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN HC EGD W/BIOPSY | $990.64 | $3,416.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN EGD W/BIOPSY | $1,093.16 | $3,643.85 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN EGD W/BIOPSY | $1,093.16 | $3,643.85 | 70% | — source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN EGD TRANSORAL BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE | $1,138.32 | $2,108.00 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN HC EGD W/BIOPSY | $1,844.64 | $3,416.00 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $611.32, median $1,093.16, highest $1,844.64 — a 3.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,064.48. 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.