Surgery and procedures CPT 43248 Outpatient

Upper endoscopy with wire-guided dilation cost in Bethany, MO

In Bethany, MO, 1 hospital lists a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with widening of the esophagus over a guide wire: from $167.70 to $167.70, with a median of $167.70. Across Missouri, the median is $1,143.00 at 31 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 43248, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 10, 2025 and Sep 10, 2025.

Lowest$167.70Harrison County Community Hospital
Median$167.70half pay less
Highest$167.70in this market
Difference1.0×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 Bethany, MO.

median
Lowest $167.70Highest $1,111.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Harrison County Community Hospital lowest Bethany, MO · (660) 425-2211 ADD EGD GUIDE WIRE INSERTION $167.70 $258.00 $147.06–$1,005.14 35% Sep 10, 2025
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Harrison County Community Hospital Bethany, MO · (660) 425-2211 EGD GUIDE WIRE INSERTION $1,111.50 $1,710.00 $974.70–$1,539.00 35% Sep 10, 2025
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Harrison County Community Hospital Bethany, MO · (660) 425-2211 PF EGD GUIDE WIRE INSERT $1,111.50 $1,710.00 $145.03–$1,453.50 35% Sep 10, 2025
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Harrison County Community Hospital Bethany, MO · (660) 425-2211 PF ADD EGD BUIDE WIRE INSERT $1,111.50 $1,710.00 $145.03–$1,453.50 35% Sep 10, 2025
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Outpatient: lowest $167.70, median $167.70, highest $167.70.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $167.70. 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 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.