Upper endoscopy with wire-guided dilation cost in Memphis, TN
In Memphis, TN-MS-AR, 11 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with widening of the esophagus over a guide wire: from $165.80 to $987.80, with a median of $940.50. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto — $774.70 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $940.50 at 20 hospitals.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 6 cities for code 43248, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 25, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 27, 2026 and Feb 28, 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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto lowest Southaven, MS · (662) 772-4000 HC ED 43248-UPPER GI ENDO GUIDE WIRE | $165.80 | $829.00 | $215.54–$3,775.00 | 80% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis, TN HC ED 43248-UPPER GI ENDO GUIDE WIRE | $174.09 | $829.00 | $215.54–$2,227.00 | 79% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC ED 43248-UPPER GI ENDO GUIDE WIRE | $174.09 | $829.00 | $215.54–$3,775.00 | 79% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville, TN HC ED 43248-UPPER GI ENDO GUIDE WIRE | $174.09 | $829.00 | $215.54–$2,227.00 | 79% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton Covington, TN · (901) 476-2621 HC ED 43248-UPPER GI ENDO GUIDE WIRE | $198.96 | $829.00 | $215.54–$3,775.00 | 76% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Methodist South Hospital Memphis, TN HC Egd Insert Guide Wire Dilator Passage Esophagus - Egd | $940.50 | $4,275.00 | $250.00–$3,463.00 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Olive Branch Hospital Olive Branch, MS · (662) 932-9000 HC Egd Insert Guide Wire Dilator Passage Esophagus - Egd | $940.50 | $4,275.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist North Hospital Memphis, TN HC Egd Insert Guide Wire Dilator Passage Esophagus - Egd | $940.50 | $4,275.00 | $250.00–$3,463.00 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist University Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC Egd Insert Guide Wire Dilator Passage Esophagus - Egd | $940.50 | $4,275.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Germantown Hosp Germantown, TN HC Egd Insert Guide Wire Dilator Passage Esophagus - Egd | $940.50 | $4,275.00 | $250.00–$3,463.00 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis, TN HC Egd Insert Guide Wire Dilator Passage Esophagus - Egd | $987.80 | $4,490.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Germantown Hosp Germantown, TN HC Egd Insert Guide Wire Dilator Passage Esophagus - Egd | $2,061.48 | $9,370.37 | $250.00–$3,463.00 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis, TN HC Egd Insert Guide Wire Dilator Passage Esophagus - Egd | $2,819.32 | $12,815.07 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist University Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC Egd Insert Guide Wire Dilator Passage Esophagus - Egd | $2,819.32 | $12,815.07 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist South Hospital Memphis, TN HC Egd Insert Guide Wire Dilator Passage Esophagus - Egd | $2,819.32 | $12,815.07 | $250.00–$3,463.00 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist North Hospital Memphis, TN HC Egd Insert Guide Wire Dilator Passage Esophagus - Egd | $2,819.32 | $12,815.07 | $250.00–$3,463.00 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Olive Branch Hospital Olive Branch, MS · (662) 932-9000 HC Egd Insert Guide Wire Dilator Passage Esophagus - Egd | $2,819.32 | $12,815.07 | — | 78% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $165.80, median $940.50, highest $987.80 — a 6.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $940.50. 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 8 of 8 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 5 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.
What it is
This code covers upper endoscopy in which a narrowed esophagus is stretched with dilators passed over a guide wire.
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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 43248 ($1,395.55). 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.
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden West Memphis, ARHC ED 43248-UPPER GI ENDO GUIDE WIRE | $124.35 | file |