Surgery and procedures CPT 43239 Outpatient

Upper endoscopy with biopsy cost in Riverside, CA

In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 19 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy: from $525.00 to $5,627.60, with a median of $1,768.00. The lowest listed price is at Bear Valley Community Hospital — $1,243.00 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $1,768.00 at 102 hospitals.

  • The median here, $1,768.00, is 7% above the US median of $1,660.00.
  • That is 1.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($926.63).
  • Riverside, CA ranks 3rd of 4 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
  • 4 of 19 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Cash prices at 19 facilities across 17 cities for code 43239, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 4, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 25, 2026 and Sep 2, 2026.

Lowest$525.00Bear Valley Community Hospital
Median$1,768.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$5,627.60in this market
Difference10.7×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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.

median
Lowest $525.00Highest $5,627.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Bear Valley Community Hospital lowest Big Bear Lake, CA · (909) 866-6501 ESOPHAGOGASTRO W/ BIOSPY File of Jun 11, 2026 · source file $525.00 $750.00 $292.50–$675.00 30%
Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CA · (760) 340-3911 HC Egd W/Biopsy Sngl or Multiple File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file $577.43 $4,644.00 $335.91–$10,280.00 88%
Palo Verde Hospital Blythe, CA · (760) 922-4115 43239 - Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $778.30 $1,037.74 — 25%
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Banning, CA · (951) 769-2101 BIOPSY OF ESOPHAGUS; STOMACH; AND/OR UPPER SMALL BOWEL USING A FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE File of May 20, 2026 · source file $1,139.61 $5,698.07 $1,102.77–$3,482.43 80%
Desert Valley Hospital Victorville, CA · (760) 241-8000 EGD W/BIOPSY+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $1,160.00 $5,374.08 $335.91–$5,374.08 78%
Montclair Hospital Medical Center Montclair, CA · (909) 625-8300 Egd Biopsy Single/Multiple+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $1,160.00 $10,818.70 $335.91–$10,818.70 89%
Chino Valley Medical Center Chino, CA · (909) 627-6111 Hc Egd Transoral Biopsy Single/Multiple File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $1,160.00 $6,026.29 $335.91–$6,026.29 81%
St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA · (760) 242-2311 HC ED EGD TRANSORAL BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE CDM File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $1,437.60 $2,995.00 — 52%
Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA · (951) 290-4000 HC EGD W BX SNGL OR MULTI File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $1,532.25 $3,405.00 $616.30–$9,616.00 55%
Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 EGD TRANSORAL BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $1,768.00 $3,400.00 $930.00–$2,766.00 48%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 EGD TRANSORAL BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $1,768.00 $3,400.00 $930.00–$2,766.00 48%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 EGD TRANSORAL BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $1,768.00 $3,400.00 $930.00–$2,766.00 48%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 EGD TRANSORAL BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $1,768.00 $3,400.00 $930.00–$2,766.00 48%
Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC EGD W BX SNGL OR MULTI File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $2,613.60 $5,808.00 $444.94–$6,716.00 55%
Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC EGD W BX SNGL OR MULTI File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $2,613.60 $5,808.00 $400.00–$6,587.00 55%
San Bernardino County Colton, CA · (909) 580-1000 HC EGD TRANSORAL BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE - EGD File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file $4,576.00 $4,576.00 $234.18–$3,317.60 —
Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet, CA · (951) 652-2811 EGD WITH BIOPSY File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file $4,837.00 $4,837.00 $276.33–$4,837.00 —
Menifee Global Medical Center Menifee, CA · (951) 679-8888 EGD WITH BIOPSY File of May 20, 2026 · source file $4,837.00 $4,837.00 $276.33–$4,837.00 —
Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Egd W Bx Sngl or Multi+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file $5,627.60 $5,627.60 $234.18–$5,627.60 —
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
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Outpatient: lowest $525.00, median $1,768.00, highest $5,627.60 — a 10.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $1,768.00. 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 13 of 17 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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.