Endoscopic cyst drainage cost in Pittsburgh, PA
In Pittsburgh, PA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy with drainage of a pseudocyst through the stomach wall: from $6,339.60 to $8,454.00, with a median of $6,530.10. The lowest listed price is at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital and 1 other hospital — $190.50 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $7,587.30 at 12 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 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 Mar 6, 2026 and Mar 6, 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 Pittsburgh, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital lowest Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 641-4010 HC EGD W/TRANSMURAL DRAIN CYST | $6,339.60 | $10,566.00 | $792.58–$9,720.72 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Mercy lowest Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 232-8111 EGD W/TRANSMURAL DRAIN CYST | $6,339.60 | $10,566.00 | $596.00–$9,509.40 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 367-6700 HC EGD W/TRANSMURAL DRAIN CYST | $6,720.60 | $11,201.00 | $792.58–$9,520.85 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 647-2345 EGD W/TRANSMURAL DRAIN CYST | $8,454.00 | $14,090.00 | $792.58–$11,976.50 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $6,339.60, median $6,530.10, highest $8,454.00 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $6,530.10. 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 4 of 4 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.
7 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 43240 ($3,571.80). 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.
| Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PAPR EGD TRANSORAL TRANSMURAL DRAINAGE PSEUDOCYST | $205.20 | file |
| Forbes Hospital Monroeville, PAPR EGD TRANSORAL TRANSMURAL DRAINAGE PSEUDOCYST | $237.60 | file |
| Canonsburg General Hospital Canonsburg, PAPR EGD TRANSORAL TRANSMURAL DRAINAGE PSEUDOCYST | $237.60 | file |
| Alle-Kiski Medical Center Natrona Heights, PAPR EGD TRANSORAL TRANSMURAL DRAINAGE PSEUDOCYST | $248.40 | file |
| West Penn Hospital Pittsburgh, PAPR EGD TRANSORAL TRANSMURAL DRAINAGE PSEUDOCYST | $259.20 | file |
| AHN Wexford Hospital Wexford, PAPR EGD TRANSORAL TRANSMURAL DRAINAGE PSEUDOCYST | $280.80 | file |
| West Penn Hospital Pittsburgh, PAPR EGD TRANSORAL TRANSMURAL DRAINAGE PSEUDOCYST | $291.60 | file |