Upper endoscopy with injection cost in Kentucky
In Kentucky, 9 hospitals publish a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with injection into the lining: from $945.45 to $4,991.01, with a median of $2,690.15. The lowest price is at Livingston Hospital and Healthcare Services (Salem). The highest price is 5.3× the lowest.
- The median here, $2,690.15, is 68% above the US median of $1,601.20.
- That is 2.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($926.63).
- Kentucky ranks 35th of 41 states by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 9 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 43236. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 5, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$945.45Livingston Hospital and Healthcare Services
Median$2,690.15half of hospitals charge less
Highest$4,991.01in Kentucky
Lowest saves$1,744.70vs the median
Hospitals in Kentucky, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston Hospital and Healthcare Services lowest Salem · Paducah, KY-IL Esophagogastroduodenoscopy with directed submucosal injection | $945.45 | $1,575.75 | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| University of Kentucky Hospital Lexington · Lexington-Fayette, KY Hc Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Submucosal Injection - Egd | $1,325.60 | $3,314.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Carroll County Memorial Hospital Carrollton · Carrollton, KY UPPER GI SCOPE W/SUBMUC INJ | $1,839.60 | $3,066.00 | Aug 17, 2026 source file |
| St Claire Medical Center Morehead · Morehead, KY Injection of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope | $2,000.25 | $2,667.00 | Jun 18, 2026 source file |
| Bluegrass Community Hospital Versailles · Lexington-Fayette, KY Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with directed submucosal injection(s), any substance | $2,690.15 | $6,725.38 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Clark Regional Medical Center Winchester · Lexington-Fayette, KY Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with directed submucosal injection(s), any substance | $3,727.62 | $9,319.06 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| St Elizabeth Edgewood Edgewood · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN HB EGD W SUBMUCOSAL INJECTION | $3,764.69 | $3,764.69 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Georgetown Community Hospital Georgetown · Lexington-Fayette, KY Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with directed submucosal injection(s), any substance | $4,565.49 | $11,413.73 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Jackson Purchase Medical Center Mayfield · Mayfield, KY Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with directed submucosal injection(s), any substance | $4,991.01 | $12,477.52 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 4 | $1,325.60 | $3,208.88 |
| Carrollton, KY | 1 | $1,839.60 | $1,839.60 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 1 | $3,764.69 | $3,764.69 |
| Morehead, KY | 1 | $2,000.25 | $2,000.25 |
| Mayfield, KY | 1 | $4,991.01 | $4,991.01 |
| Paducah, KY-IL | 1 | $945.45 | $945.45 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What upper endoscopy with injection is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Upper endoscopy with injection explained.
Upper endoscopy (EGD) with injection into the lining in other states
- Alabama$5,115.58
- Alaska$4,743.68, 2 hospitals
- Arizona$1,970.90
- Arkansas$1,902.60
- California$1,872.00
- Colorado$1,937.06
- Connecticut$3,288.29
- Delaware$3,213.84
- District of Columbia$1,172.00, 1 hospital
- Florida$2,544.00
- Georgia$1,179.63
- Hawaii$1,392.30
- Idaho$2,331.00
- Illinois$2,100.00
- Indiana$3,834.24
- Iowa$2,518.00
- Kansas$895.20
- Louisiana$622.82
- Maine$656.18, 4 hospitals
- Maryland$1,112.72, 2 hospitals
- Massachusetts$2,522.99
- Michigan$1,385.04
- Minnesota$1,537.34
- Mississippi$1,162.29
- Missouri$2,040.00
- Montana$681.12
- Nebraska$1,224.16
- Nevada$986.00, 4 hospitals
- New Hampshire$1,379.75, 3 hospitals
- New Jersey$2,534.56
- New Mexico$1,663.05
- New York$1,340.00
- North Carolina$1,322.35
- North Dakota$1,665.38
- Ohio$2,803.45
- Oklahoma$1,541.10
- Oregon$1,777.38
- Pennsylvania$2,611.80
- Rhode Island$1,587.54
- South Carolina$2,751.60
- South Dakota$1,145.88, 1 hospital
- Tennessee$1,093.16
- Texas$731.70
- Utah$1,241.66, 1 hospital
- Vermont$1,568.00, 4 hospitals
- Virginia$1,665.30
- Washington$1,855.51
- West Virginia$1,513.67
- Wisconsin$1,522.95
- Wyoming$2,246.03, 1 hospital
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.