Surgery and procedures CPT 43240 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Endoscopic cyst drainage cost in Shreveport, LA — inpatient

In Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy with drainage of a pseudocyst through the stomach wall as an inpatient: from $1,671.02 to $1,799.56, with a median of $1,735.29. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport — $64.27 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 inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$1,671.02Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
Median$1,735.29half pay less
Highest$1,799.56in this market
Difference1.1×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 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA.

median
Lowest $1,671.02Highest $1,799.56

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport lowest Shreveport, LA · (318) 675-5058 HC EGD, W/EUS, DRAIN CYST, TRANSMURAL $1,671.02 $6,427.00 — 74% —
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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 626-4300 HC EGD, W/EUS, DRAIN CYST, TRANSMURAL $1,799.56 $6,427.00 — 72% —
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Inpatient: lowest $1,671.02, median $1,735.29, highest $1,799.56 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,735.29 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.