Surgery and procedures CPT 43251 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Upper endoscopy with polyp removal cost in Shelby, MT — inpatient

In Shelby, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with polyp removal by snare as an inpatient: from $1,046.34 to $1,046.34, with a median of $1,046.34. Across Montana, the median is $852.17 at 14 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 43251, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,046.34Logan Health - Shelby
Median$1,046.34half pay less
Highest$1,046.34in this market
Difference1.0×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 Shelby, MT.

median
Lowest $1,046.34Highest $2,161.58

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Logan Health - Shelby lowest Shelby, MT · (406) 434-3200 43251 Upr Gi Ndsc Rmvl Tum Polyp/Oth Les Snare Tq $1,046.34 $1,609.75 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Shelby Shelby, MT · (406) 434-3200 EGD W/ POLYPECTOMY $2,161.58 $3,325.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $1,046.34, median $1,046.34, highest $1,046.34.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,046.34 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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 ($1,779.33). 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.

Logan Health - Shelby Shelby, MT43251 EGD REMOVAL TUMOR POLYP/OTHER LESION SNARE TECH $148.85 file