Surgery and procedures CPT 43248 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Upper endoscopy with wire-guided dilation cost in Rochester, NY — inpatient

In Rochester, NY, 7 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with widening of the esophagus over a guide wire as an inpatient: from $403.10 to $1,938.01, with a median of $1,574.63. The lowest listed price is at F.F. Thompson Hospital — $1,171.53 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $986.15 at 44 hospitals.

Cash prices at 7 facilities across 5 cities for code 43248, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$403.10F.F. Thompson Hospital
Median$1,574.63half pay less
Highest$1,938.01in this market
Difference4.8×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 Rochester, NY.

median
Lowest $403.10Highest $2,195.76

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
F.F. Thompson Hospital lowest Canandaigua, NY · (585) 396-6000 PR EGD INSERT GUIDE WIRE DILATOR PASSAGE ESOPHAGUS $403.10 $676.00 — 40% —
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Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville, NY · (585) 335-6001 PR EGD INSERT GUIDE WIRE DILATOR PASSAGE ESOPHAGUS $640.43 $1,074.00 — 40% —
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Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 275-2121 PR EGD INSERT GUIDE WIRE DILATOR PASSAGE ESOPHAGUS $992.50 $1,985.00 $79.77–$1,934.41 50% —
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Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic Clifton Springs, NY · (315) 462-9561 HC EGD INSERT GUIDE WIRE DILATOR PASSAGE ESOPHAGUS $1,574.63 $2,422.51 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 922-4000 HC EGD INSERT GUIDE WIRE DILATOR PASSAGE ESOPHAGUS $1,574.63 $2,422.51 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark, NY · (315) 332-2022 HC EGD INSERT GUIDE WIRE DILATOR PASSAGE ESOPHAGUS $1,574.63 $2,422.51 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester, NY · (585) 723-7000 HC EGD INSERT GUIDE WIRE DILATOR PASSAGE ESOPHAGUS $1,938.01 $2,422.51 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 922-4000 HC EGD INSERT GRIDE WIRE DILATE ESOPHAGUS OVER WIRE $2,195.76 $3,378.09 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark, NY · (315) 332-2022 HC EGD INSERT GRIDE WIRE DILATE ESOPHAGUS OVER WIRE $2,195.76 $3,378.09 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $403.10, median $1,574.63, highest $1,938.01 — a 4.8× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $1,325.61 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.