Upper endoscopy with wire-guided dilation cost in Louisiana
In Louisiana, 36 hospitals publish a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with widening of the esophagus over a guide wire: from $219.82 to $22,351.37, with a median of $701.54. The lowest price is at Ochsner LSU Health Monroe (Monroe). The highest price is 101.7× the lowest.
- The median here, $701.54, is 59% below the US median of $1,698.96.
- That is 0.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($926.63).
- Louisiana ranks 4th of 39 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 43248. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$219.82Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Median$701.54half of hospitals charge less
Highest$22,351.37in Louisiana
Lowest saves$481.72vs the median
Hospitals in Louisiana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ochsner LSU Health Monroe lowest Monroe · Monroe, LA HC EGD W/DILAT OVER GUIDE WIRE | $219.82 | $955.73 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Acadia General Hospital Crowley · Lafayette, LA HC EGD W/DILAT OVER GUIDE WIRE | $278.76 | $1,212.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette · Lafayette, LA HC EGD W/DILAT OVER GUIDE WIRE | $362.44 | $1,394.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| New Orleans East Hospital New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Insertion of Guide Wire With Dilation of Esophagus Using an Endoscope | $396.64 | $2,479.00 | Jun 24, 2026 source file |
| West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Insertion of Guide Wire With Dilation of Esophagus Using an Endoscope | $474.56 | $2,966.00 | Jun 30, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge · Lafayette, LA HC EGD W/DILAT OVER GUIDE WIRE | $490.50 | $1,635.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bayou Bend Health System Franklin · Morgan City, LA Insertion of guide wire with dilation of esophagus using a flexible endoscope | $513.80 | $734.00 | Sep 15, 2026 source file |
| Touro Infirmary New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Insertion of Guide Wire With Dilation of Esophagus Using an Endoscope | $538.58 | $3,847.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA HC EGD W/DILAT OVER GUIDE WIRE | $566.28 | $2,178.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Charles Parish Hospital Luling · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC EGD W/DILAT OVER GUIDE WIRE | $567.00 | $2,100.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA HC EGD W/DILAT OVER GUIDE WIRE | $609.84 | $2,178.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC EGD W/DILAT OVER GUIDE WIRE | $635.80 | $2,890.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner American Legion Hospital Jennings · Lake Charles, LA HC EGD W/DILAT OVER GUIDE WIRE | $638.52 | $1,878.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette · Lafayette, LA HC EGD W/DILAT OVER GUIDE WIRE | $658.14 | $3,134.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| East Jefferson General Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Insertion of Guide Wire With Dilation of Esophagus Using an Endoscope | $661.08 | $4,722.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Lakeside Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Insertion of Guide Wire With Dilation of Esophagus Using an Endoscope | $661.08 | $4,722.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Lakeview Hospital Covington · Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Insertion of Guide Wire With Dilation of Esophagus Using an Endoscope | $661.08 | $4,722.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Tulane Medical Center New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Insertion of Guide Wire With Dilation of Esophagus Using an Endoscope | $661.08 | $4,722.00 | Jun 25, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC EGD W/DILAT OVER GUIDE WIRE | $742.00 | $2,650.00 | Sep 16, 2026 source file |
| Leonard J Chabert Medical Center Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA HC EGD W/DILAT OVER GUIDE WIRE | $764.22 | $1,626.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Richard Medical Center Bayville · Monroe, LA GASTROSCOPY W ESOPHAGEAL DILATION | $804.00 | $1,072.00 | May 18, 2026 source file |
| Glenwood Regional Medical Center - HSA West Monroe · Monroe, LA EGD GUIDE WIRE INSERTION | $825.09 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| University Med Center New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Insertion of Guide Wire With Dilation of Esophagus Using an Endoscope | $825.66 | $3,753.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge Baton Rouge · Baton Rouge, LA HC EGD W/DILAT OVER GUIDE WIRE | $878.72 | $2,746.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC EGD W/DILAT OVER GUIDE WIRE | $936.00 | $2,925.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center Independence · Hammond, LA EGD GUIDE WIRE INSERTION | $996.77 | $1,661.29 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner St Anne General Hospital Raceland · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA HC EGD W/DILAT OVER GUIDE WIRE | $1,005.40 | $2,285.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner St Mary Morgan City · Baton Rouge, LA HC EGD W/DILAT OVER GUIDE WIRE | $1,020.00 | $5,100.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Childrens Hospital New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Insertion of Guide Wire With Dilation of Esophagus Using an Endoscope | $1,076.76 | $3,988.00 | Jun 24, 2026 source file |
| Hardtner Medical Center Olla · Olla, LA 43248 Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; w/ passage of dilator(s) through esophagus | $1,112.00 | $1,390.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Kaplan · Lafayette, LA HC EGD W/DILAT OVER GUIDE WIRE | $1,164.15 | $2,587.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| West Feliciana Parish Hospital St Francisville · Baton Rouge, LA EGD WIRE GUIDED ESOPHAGEAL DILATION | $1,324.20 | $2,207.00 | May 11, 2026 source file |
| St. Frances Cabrini Hospital Alexandria · Alexandria, LA HC 43248 EGD FLXORL DILAT ESOPH > GDWIRE | $1,434.94 | $5,519.00 | Jan 13, 2026 source file |
| Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA HC EGD W/DILAT OVER GUIDE WIRE | $1,739.15 | $2,349.25 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Physicians Medical Center F Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA EGD W/INSERT G'WIRE-DILATION OVER G'WIRE | $2,792.21 | $4,028.00 | Sep 24, 2026 source file |
| Omega Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA EGD INSERT GUIDE WIRE DILATOR PASSAGE ESOPHAGUS | $22,351.37 | $38,316.63 | May 26, 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 13 | $396.64 | $661.08 |
| Lafayette, LA | 5 | $278.76 | $490.50 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 4 | $764.22 | $1,372.28 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 3 | $878.72 | $1,020.00 |
| Monroe, LA | 3 | $219.82 | $804.00 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 2 | $566.28 | $588.06 |
| Alexandria, LA | 1 | $1,434.94 | $1,434.94 |
| Hammond, LA | 1 | $996.77 | $996.77 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 1 | $638.52 | $638.52 |
| Morgan City, LA | 1 | $513.80 | $513.80 |
| Olla, LA | 1 | $1,112.00 | $1,112.00 |
| Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 1 | $661.08 | $661.08 |
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
- Arkansas$627.34
- 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
- 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.