Surgery and procedures CPT 43249 Outpatient

Upper endoscopy with balloon dilation cost in Bangor, ME

In Bangor, ME, 1 hospital lists a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with balloon widening of the esophagus: from $1,090.11 to $1,090.11, with a median of $1,090.11. Across Maine, the median is $1,080.43 at 4 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 43249, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$1,090.11Eastern Maine Medical Center
Median$1,090.11half pay less
Highest$1,090.11in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, ME · (207) 973-7000 ESOPH EGD DILATION <30 MM FAC $1,090.11 $5,191.00 $2,642.22–$4,194.33 79% —
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Outpatient: lowest $1,090.11, median $1,090.11, highest $1,090.11.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,090.11. 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 and below every plan's rate. 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 balloon is used to stretch a narrowed part of the esophagus.

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.

7 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 43249 ($2,012.08). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEPF EGD BLLN DIL ESOPHAGUS<30MM $90.51 file
Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEUGI ENDO BALL DILATION< 30 $113.19 file
Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEPF UGI ENDO BALL DILATION< 30 $113.19 file
Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEESOPH EGD DILATION <30 MM $113.19 file
Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEESOPH ENDOSCOPY DILATION $113.19 file
Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEUGI ENDOSCOPY-BALLOON DILATION $113.19 file
Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEUPPER GI ENDOSCOPY W/DILATION $113.19 file