Surgery and procedures CPT 43248 Outpatient

Upper endoscopy with wire-guided dilation cost in Two Harbors, MN

In Two Harbors, MN, 1 hospital lists a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with widening of the esophagus over a guide wire: from $1,766.98 to $1,766.98, with a median of $1,766.98. Across Minnesota, the median is $1,648.87 at 28 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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$1,766.98Aspirus Lake View Hospital
Median$1,766.98half pay less
Highest$1,766.98in 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 Two Harbors, MN.

median
Lowest $1,766.98Highest $2,346.37

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Aspirus Lake View Hospital lowest Two Harbors, MN · (218) 834-7300 EGD INSERT GUIDE WIRE DILATOR PASSAGE ESOPHAGUS $1,766.98 $2,147.00 — 18% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Lake View Hospital lowest Two Harbors, MN · (218) 834-7300 Pro Egd Insert Guide Wire Dilator Passage Esophagus $1,766.98 $2,147.00 — 18% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Lake View Hospital Two Harbors, MN · (218) 834-7300 Fac Egd Insert Guide Wire Dilator Passage Esophagus $2,346.37 $2,851.00 — 18% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $1,766.98, median $1,766.98, highest $1,766.98.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,766.98. 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.