Upper endoscopy with wire-guided dilation cost in Arkansas
In Arkansas, 17 hospitals publish a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with widening of the esophagus over a guide wire: from $124.35 to $4,553.60, with a median of $627.34. The lowest price is at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden (West Memphis). The highest price is 36.6× the lowest.
- The median here, $627.34, is 63% below the US median of $1,698.96.
- That is 0.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($926.63).
- Arkansas ranks 2nd of 39 states by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 17 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 43248. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 2, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$124.35Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden
Median$627.34half of hospitals charge less
Highest$4,553.60in Arkansas
Lowest saves$502.99vs the median
Hospitals in Arkansas, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden lowest West Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC ED 43248-UPPER GI ENDO GUIDE WIRE | $124.35 | $829.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-NEA Jonesboro · Jonesboro, AR HC ED 43248-UPPER GI ENDO GUIDE WIRE | $157.51 | $829.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - El Dorado El Dorado · El Dorado, AR 43248 - EGD INSERT GUIDE WIRE DILATOR PASSAGE ESOPHAGUS | $346.84 | $1,387.36 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Heber Springs Heber Springs · Heber Springs, AR 43248 - EGD INSERT GUIDE WIRE DILATOR PASSAGE ESOPHAGUS | $346.84 | $1,387.36 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Jefferson Regional Medical Center Pine Bluff · Pine Bluff, AR 43248 Upr Gi Ndsc Insj Gd Wire Dilat Esoph > G | $420.75 | $420.75 | Feb 13, 2026 source file |
| UAMS Health Benton-Bryant Bryant · Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR INSERTION OF GUIDE WIRE WITH DILATION OF ESOPHAGUS USING A FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE | $466.50 | $777.50 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock · Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR INSERTION OF GUIDE WIRE WITH DILATION OF ESOPHAGUS USING A FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE | $466.50 | $777.50 | Jun 17, 2026 source file |
| Washington Regional Medical Center Fayetteville · Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR PR EGD INSERT GUIDE WIRE DILATOR PASSAGE ESOPHAGUS | $526.55 | $702.06 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Chambers Memorial Hospital Danville · Russellville, AR Insertion of guide wire with dilation of esophagus using a flexible endoscope | $627.34 | $1,254.68 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - North Little Rock North Little Rock · Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 43248 - EGD INSERT GUIDE WIRE DILATOR PASSAGE ESOPHAGUS | $672.28 | $2,689.13 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baxter Health Mountain Home · Mountain Home, AR Egd Dilate/Guidewire | $1,315.20 | $2,192.00 | Jul 20, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Little Rock Little Rock · Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 43248 - EGD INSERT GUIDE WIRE DILATOR PASSAGE ESOPHAGUS | $1,466.60 | $5,866.41 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville · Berryville, AR Egd Insert Guide Wire Dilator Passage Esophagus | $3,118.80 | $4,798.16 | Jun 4, 2026 source file |
| Northwest Medical Center-Springdale Springdale · Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR UPPR GI ENDOSCOPY/GUIDE WIRE | $3,174.86 | $15,118.36 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Rogers Department Bella Vista · Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Egd Insert Guide Wire Dilator Passage Esophagus | $3,543.34 | $5,451.30 | Jun 8, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith · Fort Smith, AR-OK Egd Insert Guide Wire Dilator Passage Esophagus | $4,553.60 | $7,005.54 | Jun 8, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith · Fort Smith, AR-OK Egd Insert Guide Wire Dilator Passage Esophagus | $4,553.60 | $7,005.54 | Jun 8, 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
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 4 | $466.50 | $569.39 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 3 | $526.55 | $3,174.86 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 2 | $4,553.60 | $4,553.60 |
| Berryville, AR | 1 | $3,118.80 | $3,118.80 |
| El Dorado, AR | 1 | $346.84 | $346.84 |
| Heber Springs, AR | 1 | $346.84 | $346.84 |
| Jonesboro, AR | 1 | $157.51 | $157.51 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 1 | $124.35 | $124.35 |
| Mountain Home, AR | 1 | $1,315.20 | $1,315.20 |
| Pine Bluff, AR | 1 | $420.75 | $420.75 |
| Russellville, AR | 1 | $627.34 | $627.34 |
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 wire-guided dilation is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Upper endoscopy with wire-guided dilation explained.
Upper endoscopy (EGD) with widening of the esophagus over a guide wire in other states
- Alabama$2,567.60
- Alaska$3,448.00, 3 hospitals
- Arizona$1,482.00
- California$1,871.88
- Colorado$1,941.52
- Connecticut$3,288.15
- Delaware$2,236.08, 3 hospitals
- Florida$2,355.00
- Georgia$1,847.70
- Hawaii$1,392.30, 4 hospitals
- Idaho$2,391.50
- Illinois$2,976.83
- Indiana$2,706.48
- Iowa$1,201.00
- Kansas$1,160.05
- Kentucky$2,796.81
- Louisiana$701.54
- Maine$783.14, 4 hospitals
- Maryland$2,683.66, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$2,921.50
- Michigan$1,476.31
- Minnesota$1,614.06
- Mississippi$1,228.51
- Missouri$1,757.16
- Montana$658.40
- Nebraska$1,447.55
- Nevada$986.00, 4 hospitals
- New Hampshire$1,400.45, 4 hospitals
- New Jersey$1,710.96
- New Mexico$1,959.30
- New York$1,240.49
- North Carolina$1,183.20
- North Dakota$1,672.80
- Ohio$2,803.45
- Oklahoma$1,395.45
- Oregon$1,502.42
- Pennsylvania$2,476.20
- Rhode Island$3,033.63
- South Carolina$4,756.90
- South Dakota$1,781.12, 3 hospitals
- Tennessee$1,093.16
- Texas$731.70
- Utah$969.75, 3 hospitals
- Vermont$3,057.94, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$1,397.46
- Washington$1,184.51
- West Virginia$615.00
- Wisconsin$1,853.15
- Wyoming$2,018.25, 2 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.