Surgery and procedures CPT 43240 Outpatient

Endoscopic cyst drainage cost in Lafayette, LA

In Lafayette, LA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy with drainage of a pseudocyst through the stomach wall: from $2,968.98 to $3,675.88, with a median of $3,322.43. The lowest listed price is at Lafayette General Medical Center — $353.45 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $1,666.00 at 17 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 43240, 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$2,968.98Lafayette General Medical Center

Median$3,322.43half of hospitals charge less

Highest$3,675.88in 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 Lafayette, LA.

median

Lowest $2,968.98Highest $3,675.88

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Lafayette General Medical Center lowest Lafayette, LA · (337) 289-7991 HC EGD, W/EUS, DRAIN CYST, TRANSMURAL source file	$2,968.98	$14,138.00	$481.27–$8,482.80	79%
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette, LA · (337) 261-6000 HC EGD, W/EUS, DRAIN CYST, TRANSMURAL source file	$3,675.88	$14,138.00	$481.27–$13,750.99	74%

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.

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.

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.

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Outpatient: lowest $2,968.98, median $3,322.43, highest $3,675.88 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $3,322.43. 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 2 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 code covers an advanced upper endoscopy in which a fluid collection next to the stomach, usually after pancreatitis, is drained through the stomach wall with a stent.

What the price covers

The facility price covers the endoscopy room, equipment and recovery. The doctor, sedation and any lab exam of tissue are usually billed separately.