Surgery and procedures CPT 43236 Montana Outpatient

Upper endoscopy with injection cost in Montana

In Montana, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with injection into the lining: from $549.60 to $2,274.50, with a median of $681.12. The lowest price is at Big Sky Medical Center (Big Sky) and 1 other hospital. The highest price is 4.1× the lowest.

  • The median here, $681.12, is 57% below the US median of $1,601.20.
  • That is 0.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($926.63).
  • Montana ranks 2nd of 41 states by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

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 Sep 29, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$549.60Big Sky Medical Center + 1 more
Median$681.12half of hospitals charge less
Highest$2,274.50in Montana
Lowest saves$131.52vs the median

Hospitals in Montana, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Big Sky Medical Center lowest Big Sky · Bozeman, MT PR ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY SUBMUCOSAL INJECTION $549.60 $687.00 Jan 15, 2026
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Deaconess Regional Medical Center lowest Bozeman · Bozeman, MT PR ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY SUBMUCOSAL INJECTION $549.60 $687.00 Jan 16, 2026
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Sidney Health Center Sidney · Sidney, MT UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY WDIRECTED SUBMUCOSAL INJ(S) ANY SUBSTANCE $681.12 $1,100.00 Apr 30, 2026
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Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell · Kalispell, MT UPPER GI SCOPE W/SUBMUC INJ $1,783.76 $2,744.25 Apr 1, 2026
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St. Peter's Health Helena · Helena, MT GASTRO-INTESTINAL (GI) - GENERAL CLASSIFICATION $2,274.50 $2,675.88 Mar 16, 2026
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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

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Bozeman, MT 2 $549.60 $549.60
Helena, MT 1 $2,274.50 $2,274.50
Kalispell, MT 1 $1,783.76 $1,783.76
Sidney, MT 1 $681.12 $681.12
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

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.