Surgery and procedures CPT 43240 Missouri Outpatient

Endoscopic cyst drainage cost in Missouri

In Missouri, 7 hospitals publish a cash price for upper endoscopy with drainage of a pseudocyst through the stomach wall: from $548.64 to $15,610.29, with a median of $5,151.05. The lowest price is at Children's Mercy Hospital (Kansas City). The highest price is 28.5× the lowest.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 43240. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 23, 2026.

Lowest$548.64Children's Mercy Hospital
Median$5,151.05half pay less
Highest$15,610.29in Missouri
Lowest saves$4,602.41vs the median

Hospitals in Missouri, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceFile date
Children's Mercy Hospital lowest Kansas City · Kansas City, MO-KS EGD W/TRANSMURAL DRAIN CYST $548.64 $1,143.00 —
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Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau · Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Egd Transoral Transmural Drainage Pseudocyst $1,288.50 $1,718.00 Jun 12, 2026
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Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia · Columbia, MO ENDO UGI W/TRANSMURAL DRAIN PSEUDOCYST-JEGC $4,453.80 $7,423.00 Dec 15, 2025
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Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis · St. Louis, MO-IL Egd Transoral Transmural Drainage Pseudocyst $5,151.05 $7,924.69 —
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Boone Hospital Center Columbia · Columbia, MO EGD DRAIN PSEUDOCYST 43240 $7,613.40 $12,689.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis · St. Louis, MO-IL Egd Transoral Transmural Drainage Pseudocyst $10,336.80 $15,902.77 —
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Mercy Hospital Washington Washington · St. Louis, MO-IL Egd Transoral Transmural Drainage Pseudocyst $15,610.29 $24,015.83 —
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By metro area

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

Metro areaHospitals LowestMedian
St. Louis, MO-IL 3 $5,151.05 $10,336.80
Columbia, MO 2 $4,453.80 $6,033.60
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL 1 $1,288.50 $1,288.50
Kansas City, MO-KS 1 $548.64 $548.64

What it is

This code covers an advanced upper endoscopy in which a fluid collection next to the stomach, usually after pancreatitis, is drained through the stomach wall with a stent.

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.

Upper endoscopy with drainage of a pseudocyst through the stomach wall in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.