Surgery and procedures CPT 43251 Outpatient

Upper endoscopy with polyp removal cost in Fayetteville, AR

In Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR, 3 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with polyp removal by snare: from $1,267.69 to $4,731.72, with a median of $3,692.00. The lowest listed price is at Arkansas Childrens Northwest — $2,424.31 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $1,267.69 at 13 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 43251, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$1,267.69Arkansas Childrens Northwest
Median$3,692.00half pay less
Highest$4,731.72in this market
Difference3.7×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 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR.

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Lowest $1,267.69Highest $4,731.72

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Arkansas Childrens Northwest lowest Springdale, AR · (479) 725-6800 EGD REMOVE LESION SNARE $1,267.69 $1,408.54 $947.50–$1,803.21 10% —
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Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 EGD W/REMOVAL OF LESION BY SNARE $3,692.00 $9,230.00 $160.86–$4,799.60 60% —
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Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Department Bella Vista, AR GI Egd Removal Snare Tech Pf $4,731.72 $7,279.57 $1,756.94–$2,899.04 35% —
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Outpatient: lowest $1,267.69, median $3,692.00, highest $4,731.72 — a 3.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $3,692.00. 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 2 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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 polyp or growth is removed with a wire loop.

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.