Upper endoscopy with polyp removal cost in Ellsworth, ME
In Ellsworth, ME, 1 hospital lists a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with polyp removal by snare: from $1,363.25 to $1,363.25, with a median of $1,363.25. Across Maine, the median is $299.37 at 8 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 —.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Coast Regional Health Facilities Ellsworth, ME · (207) 667-5311 HC EGD FLEX W/RMVL TUMOR/POLYP/OTH LES SNARE | $1,363.25 | $5,453.00 | $2,731.95–$4,384.21 | 75% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,363.25, median $1,363.25, highest $1,363.25.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,363.25. 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 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.
| Maine Coast Regional Health Facilities Ellsworth, MESURG PF EGD FLEX W/RMVL TUMOR/POLYP/OTH LES SNARE 43251 | $173.50 | file |