Surgery and procedures CPT 43248 Outpatient

Upper endoscopy with wire-guided dilation cost in Olla, LA

In Olla, LA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with widening of the esophagus over a guide wire: from $1,112.00 to $1,112.00, with a median of $1,112.00. Across Louisiana, the median is $661.08 at 12 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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$1,112.00Hardtner Medical Center
Median$1,112.00half pay less
Highest$1,112.00in 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 Olla, LA.

median
Lowest $1,112.00Highest $1,112.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Hardtner Medical Center lowest Olla, LA · (318) 495-3131 43248 ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY, FLEXIBLE, TRANSORAL; WITH INSERTION OF GUIDE WIRE FOLLOWED ProFee $1,112.00 $1,390.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Hardtner Medical Center lowest Olla, LA · (318) 495-3131 43248 Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; w/ passage of dilator(s) through esophagus $1,112.00 $1,390.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $1,112.00, median $1,112.00, highest $1,112.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,112.00. 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.