Surgery and procedures CPT 43248 Outpatient

Upper endoscopy with wire-guided dilation cost in Seaford, DE

In Seaford, DE, 2 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with widening of the esophagus over a guide wire: from $2,236.08 to $2,506.65, with a median of $2,371.37. The lowest listed price is at Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus — $135.29 less than the median here. Across Delaware, the median is $2,236.08 at 3 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 43248, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$2,236.08Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus
Median$2,371.37half pay less
Highest$2,506.65in 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 Seaford, DE.

median
Lowest $2,236.08Highest $2,506.65

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus lowest Milford, DE · (302) 422-3311 Hc Egd Guide Wire Insertion $2,236.08 $2,662.00 — 16% Apr 1, 2026
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Beebe Medical Center Lewes, DE · (302) 645-3300 INSERTION OF GUIDE WIRE WITH DILATION OF ESOPHAGUS USING A FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE $2,506.65 $2,949.00 — 15% —
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Outpatient: lowest $2,236.08, median $2,371.37, highest $2,506.65 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,236.08. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.