Endoscopic cyst drainage cost in Chicago, IL
In Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, 15 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy with drainage of a pseudocyst through the stomach wall: from $662.20 to $16,997.29, with a median of $4,375.00. The lowest listed price is at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital — $3,712.80 less than the median here. Across Illinois, the median is $4,375.00 at 15 hospitals.
- The median here, $4,375.00, is about the same as the US median of $4,395.78.
- 1 of 15 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 15 facilities across 12 cities for code 43240, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 16, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital lowest Chicago, IL · (312) 864-6000 PF-ESOPH ENDOSCPE W/DRAIN CYST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $662.20 | $946.00 | $148.28–$756.80 | 30% |
| MacNeal Hospital Berwyn, IL · (708) 783-9100 Egd Flex Trnsoral W/ Trnsmural Drain Cyst File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $2,154.22 | $11,338.00 | $1,067.32–$7,756.66 | 81% |
| Gottlieb Memorial Hospital Melrose Park, IL · (708) 681-3200 Egd Flex Trnsoral W/ Trnsmural Drain Cyst File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $2,154.22 | $11,338.00 | $1,456.51–$7,756.66 | 81% |
| Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL · (708) 216-9000 Egd Flex Trnsoral W/ Trnsmural Drain Cyst File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $2,607.74 | $11,338.00 | $4,024.99–$8,730.26 | 77% |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL · (312) 926-2000 HB Egd W/Transmural Drain Cyst File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,375.00 | $6,250.00 | $1,168.75–$6,250.00 | 30% |
| Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL · (630) 208-3000 HB Egd W/Transmural Drain Cyst File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,375.00 | $6,250.00 | $931.25–$6,250.00 | 30% |
| Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL · (708) 923-4000 HB Egd W/Transmural Drain Cyst File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,375.00 | $6,250.00 | $1,000.00–$6,250.00 | 30% |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL · (630) 682-1600 HB Egd W/Transmural Drain Cyst File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,375.00 | $6,250.00 | $431.25–$6,250.00 | 30% |
| Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL · (815) 344-5000 HB Egd W/Transmural Drain Cyst File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,375.00 | $6,250.00 | $1,206.25–$6,250.00 | 30% |
| Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital Sandwich, IL · (815) 786-8484 HB Egd W/Transmural Drain Cyst File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,375.00 | $6,250.00 | $1,187.50–$6,250.00 | 30% |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL · (847) 234-5600 HB Egd W/Transmural Drain Cyst File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,375.00 | $6,250.00 | $1,037.50–$6,250.00 | 30% |
| Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL · (815) 756-1521 HB Egd W/Transmural Drain Cyst File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,375.00 | $6,250.00 | $1,143.75–$6,250.00 | 30% |
| The University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL · (773) 702-9785 Hc Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, Flexible, Transoral; With Transmural Drainage Of Pseudocyst-Pbb File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,650.00 | $4,650.00 | — | — |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL · (312) 227-4000 H 43240 EDG TRANSORAL TRANSMURAL DRAINAGE PSEUDOCYST File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $6,247.50 | $8,925.00 | $1,517.25–$8,478.75 | 30% |
| John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital Chicago, IL · (312) 864-6000 ESOPH ENDOSCOPE W/DRAIN CYST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $10,854.20 | $15,506.00 | $246.61–$1,896.00 | 30% |
| Northwest Health - Porter Valparaiso, IN · (219) 983-8300 EGD W/TRANSMURAL DRAIN CYST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $16,997.29 | $62,952.92 | $322.42–$52,880.45 | 73% |
Outpatient: lowest $662.20, median $4,375.00, highest $16,997.29 — a 25.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $4,650.00. 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 14 of 14 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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.
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2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 43240 ($4,375.00). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| The Methodist Hospitals Gary, INEgd w/transmural drain cyst | $0.01 | file |
| Methodist Hospital-Southlake Merrillville, INEgd w/transmural drain cyst | $0.01 | file |