Surgery and procedures CPT 43248 Outpatient

Upper endoscopy with wire-guided dilation cost in Spokane, WA

In Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with widening of the esophagus over a guide wire: from $326.90 to $385.00, with a median of $355.95. The lowest listed price is at Providence St Joseph Hospital — $29.05 less than the median here. Across Washington, the median is $876.64 at 13 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 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$326.90Providence St Joseph Hospital
Median$355.95half pay less
Highest$385.00in this market
Difference1.2×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 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA.

median
Lowest $326.90Highest $385.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Providence St Joseph Hospital lowest Chewelah, WA · (509) 935-8211 HC PR 43248 EGD GUIDE WIRE INSERTION $326.90 $467.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville, WA · (509) 684-2561 HC PR 43248 EGD GUIDE WIRE INSERTION $385.00 $550.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $326.90, median $355.95, highest $385.00 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $355.95. 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.