Upper endoscopy with biopsy cost in California

In California, 102 hospitals publish a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy: from $407.40 to $8,190.00, with a median of $1,768.00. The lowest price is at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank). The highest price is 20.1× the lowest.

• The median here, $1,768.00, is 7% above the US median of $1,656.60.
• That is 1.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($926.63).
• California ranks 27th of 49 states by median, cheapest first.
• 12 of 102 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

California law (Health and Safety Code §127405): if you are uninsured or have high medical costs and your family income is at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, a hospital may not expect you to pay more than it would expect from Medicare or Medi-Cal, whichever is greater. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital for its discount payment policy. A separate physician fee may still apply. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 43239. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map