Surgery and procedures CPT 43249 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Upper endoscopy with balloon dilation cost in New York, NY — inpatient

In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 11 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with balloon widening of the esophagus as an inpatient: from $309.47 to $2,927.40, with a median of $1,605.00. The lowest listed price is at NYU Langone and 3 other hospitals — $1,295.53 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $2,134.21 at 47 hospitals.

Cash prices at 11 facilities across 9 cities for code 43249, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 28, 2025 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$309.47NYU Langone + 3 more
Median$1,605.00half pay less
Highest$2,927.40in this market
Difference9.5×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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.

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Lowest $309.47Highest $6,221.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
NYU Langone lowest Brooklyn, NY HC UGI BALLOON DIL ESOPH - < 30 MM DIA $309.47 $1,628.77 $651.51–$13,453.00 81% Jan 1, 2026
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NYU Langone lowest Mineola, NY HC UGI BALLOON DIL ESOPH - < 30 MM DIA $309.47 $1,628.77 $651.51–$13,453.00 81% Jan 1, 2026
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NYU Langone lowest New York, NY · (212) 263-7300 HC UGI BALLOON DIL ESOPH - < 30 MM DIA $309.47 $1,628.77 $651.51–$13,453.00 81% Jan 1, 2026
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NYU Langone lowest New York, NY · (212) 263-7300 HC UGI BALLOON DIL ESOPH - < 30 MM DIA $309.47 $1,628.77 $651.51–$13,453.00 81% Jan 1, 2026
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NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk lowest Patchogue, NY · (631) 654-7100 HC UGI BALLOON DIL ESOPH - < 30 MM DIA $309.47 $1,628.77 $651.51–$13,453.00 81% Jan 1, 2026
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Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 EGD W/ESO BALLOON DILATION/30MIN $435.00 $435.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ Egd Balloon Dilation Esophagus <30 Mm Diam $1,605.00 $1,605.00 $168.27–$1,444.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ Egd Balloon Dilation Esophagus <30 Mm Diam|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES $1,605.00 $1,605.00 $168.27–$1,444.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY Egd Balloon Dilation Esophagus <30 Mm Diam $1,605.00 $1,605.00 $83.10–$1,444.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY Egd Balloon Dilation Esophagus <30 Mm Diam|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES $1,605.00 $1,605.00 $83.10–$1,444.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Basking Ridge, NJ Egd Balloon Dilation Esophagus <30 Mm Diam $1,605.00 $1,605.00 $168.27–$1,444.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Basking Ridge, NJ Egd Balloon Dilation Esophagus <30 Mm Diam|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES $1,605.00 $1,605.00 $168.27–$1,444.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison, NY Egd Balloon Dilation Esophagus <30 Mm Diam $1,605.00 $1,605.00 $83.10–$1,444.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison, NY Egd Balloon Dilation Esophagus <30 Mm Diam|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES $1,605.00 $1,605.00 $83.10–$1,444.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Hmh Hospitals Neptune City, NJ EGD BALLOON DILATION ESOPHAGUS <30 MM DIAM $2,099.70 $3,465.00 $575.19–$3,465.00 39% Dec 31, 2025
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Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 ESOPH EGD DILATION <30 MM $2,927.40 $4,182.00 $146.85–$1,284.12 30% Oct 28, 2025
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Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 EGD W/ESOPH BALLOON DIL $6,221.00 $6,221.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $309.47, median $1,605.00, highest $2,927.40 — a 9.5× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 39 facilities here, median $2,099.70 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 5 of 10 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 4 it is 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is 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.

St. Barnabas Hospital Bronx, NYPR EGD BALLOON DILATION ESOPHAGUS <30 MM DIAM $174.50 file