Surgery and procedures CPT 43251 Outpatient

Upper endoscopy with polyp removal cost in Hammond, LA

In Hammond, LA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with polyp removal by snare: from $828.37 to $828.37, with a median of $828.37. Across Louisiana, the median is $824.88 at 12 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 43251, 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$828.37Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center
Median$828.37half pay less
Highest$828.37in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center Independence, LA · (985) 878-1333 EGD REMOVE LESION SNARE $828.37 $1,380.61 $327.64–$483.29 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $828.37, median $828.37, highest $828.37.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 43251 ($1,780.85). 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.

Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center Independence, LAREMOVAL OF POLYPS OR GROWTHS OF ESOPHAGUS; STOMACH; AND/OR UPPER SMALL BOWEL USING AN ENDOSCOPE WITH MECHANICAL SNARE $120.49 file