Surgery and procedures CPT 43239 Outpatient

Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy in Portland-South Portland, ME

In Portland-South Portland, ME, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy: from $211.64 to $1,425.00, with a median of $256.20. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 — and —.

Lowest$211.64Mercy Hospital
Median$256.20half pay less
Highest$1,425.00in this market
Difference6.7×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 Portland-South Portland, ME.

median
Lowest $211.64Highest $1,425.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mercy Hospital lowest Portland, ME PF EGD BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE $211.64 $814.00 74%
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York Hospital York, ME EGD BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE $255.60 $426.00 40%
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York Hospital York, ME DR EGD DIAGNOSTIC WITH BIOPSY $256.20 $427.00 40%
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Mercy Hospital Portland, ME EGD FLX TRNSORL BIOPSY(S) $1,202.76 $4,626.00 74%
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York Hospital York, ME ER EGD DIAGNOSTIC WITH BIOPSY $1,425.00 $2,375.00 40%
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Outpatient: lowest $211.64, median $256.20, highest $1,425.00 — a 6.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $256.20. 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.