Surgery and procedures CPT 43239 Outpatient

Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy in St. Johnsbury, VT

In St. Johnsbury, VT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy: from $395.25 to $472.50, with a median of $433.88.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 43239, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$395.25Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, Inc.
Median$433.88half pay less
Highest$472.50in this market
Difference1.2×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 St. Johnsbury, VT.

median
Lowest $395.25Highest $472.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, Inc. lowest St. Johnsbury, VT UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY, BIOPSY ~P $395.25 $527.00 25%
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Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, Inc. St. Johnsbury, VT UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY, BIOPSY $472.50 $630.00 25%
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Outpatient: lowest $395.25, median $433.88, highest $472.50 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $433.88. 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 43239 ($1,467.98). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, Inc. St. Johnsbury, VTUPPER GI ENDOSCOPY, BIOPSY ~T $77.25 file