Upper endoscopy with wire-guided dilation cost in Pittsburgh, PA
In Pittsburgh, PA, 9 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with widening of the esophagus over a guide wire: from $225.67 to $4,681.20, with a median of $2,978.40. The lowest listed price is at Uniontown Hospital — $2,752.73 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $2,501.40 at 39 hospitals.
Cash prices at 9 facilities across 5 cities for code 43248, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uniontown Hospital lowest Uniontown, PA · (724) 430-5000 INSERTION OF GUIDE WIRE WITH DILATION OF ESOPHAGUS USING A FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE | $225.67 | $451.34 | $171.55–$2,048.30 | 50% | — source file |
| UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 367-6700 HC EGD W/DILATION OVER WIRE | $2,370.60 | $3,951.00 | $686.69–$4,393.81 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Jameson New Castle, PA · (724) 656-4100 EGD W/DILATION OVER WIRE | $2,476.20 | $4,127.00 | $645.82–$3,631.76 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC St Margaret Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 784-4000 EGD W/DILATION OVER WIRE | $2,501.40 | $4,169.00 | $686.69–$4,393.81 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 232-8111 EGD W/DILATION OVER WIRE | $2,978.40 | $4,964.00 | $596.00–$4,520.78 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC East Monroeville, PA · (412) 357-3000 EGD W/DILATION OVER WIRE | $3,055.20 | $5,092.00 | $686.69–$4,393.81 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 641-4010 HC EGD W/DILATION OVER WIRE | $3,228.00 | $5,380.00 | $686.69–$4,949.60 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC McKeesport McKeesport, PA · (412) 664-2000 EGD W/DILATION OVER WIRE | $3,242.40 | $5,404.00 | $686.69–$4,593.40 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 647-2345 EGD W/DILATION OVER WIRE | $4,681.20 | $7,802.00 | $696.48–$6,631.70 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $225.67, median $2,978.40, highest $4,681.20 — a 20.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $3,016.80. 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 9 of 9 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 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.
7 rows held back from this comparison
They are 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.
| Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PAPR EGD INSERT GUIDE WIRE DILATOR PASSAGE ESOPHAGUS | $87.40 | file |
| Forbes Hospital Monroeville, PAPR EGD INSERT GUIDE WIRE DILATOR PASSAGE ESOPHAGUS | $101.20 | file |
| Canonsburg General Hospital Canonsburg, PAPR EGD INSERT GUIDE WIRE DILATOR PASSAGE ESOPHAGUS | $101.20 | file |
| Alle-Kiski Medical Center Natrona Heights, PAPR EGD INSERT GUIDE WIRE DILATOR PASSAGE ESOPHAGUS | $105.80 | file |
| West Penn Hospital Pittsburgh, PAPR EGD INSERT GUIDE WIRE DILATOR PASSAGE ESOPHAGUS | $110.40 | file |
| AHN Wexford Hospital Wexford, PAPR EGD INSERT GUIDE WIRE DILATOR PASSAGE ESOPHAGUS | $119.60 | file |
| West Penn Hospital Pittsburgh, PAPR EGD INSERT GUIDE WIRE DILATOR PASSAGE ESOPHAGUS | $124.20 | file |