Surgery and procedures CPT 43239 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Upper endoscopy with biopsy cost in San Antonio, TX — inpatient

In San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX, 2 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy as an inpatient: from $1,382.50 to $2,373.48, with a median of $1,877.99. The lowest listed price is at Guadalupe Regional Medical Center — $495.49 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $955.92 at 90 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 43239, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 29, 2026 and Jul 29, 2026.

Lowest$1,382.50Guadalupe Regional Medical Center
Median$1,877.99half pay less
Highest$2,373.48in this market
Difference1.7×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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.

median
Lowest $1,382.50Highest $2,373.48

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Guadalupe Regional Medical Center lowest Seguin, TX · (830) 379-2411 EGD,FLEX,TRANSORAL;W/BIOPSY,1+ $1,382.50 $2,765.00 $338.94–$2,765.00 50% —
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Guadalupe Regional Medical Center Seguin, TX · (830) 379-2411 EGD $1,552.00 $3,104.00 $338.94–$3,104.00 50% —
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Medina Regional Hospital Hondo, TX · (830) 426-7700 EGD W/BIOPSY $2,373.48 $2,637.19 $1,318.60–$2,373.47 10% Jul 29, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $1,382.50, median $1,877.99, highest $2,373.48 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,479.62 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 of 2 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 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.