Surgery and procedures CPT 43248 New Mexico Outpatient

Upper endoscopy with wire-guided dilation cost in New Mexico

In New Mexico, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with widening of the esophagus over a guide wire: from $325.20 to $6,470.30, with a median of $2,891.16. The lowest price is at Artesia General Hospital (Artesia). The highest price is 19.9× the lowest.

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 Sep 27, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$325.20Artesia General Hospital
Median$2,891.16half pay less
Highest$6,470.30in New Mexico
Lowest saves$2,565.96vs the median

Hospitals in New Mexico, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceFile date
Artesia General Hospital lowest Artesia · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM UPPR GI ENDOSCOPY/GUIDE WIRE $325.20 $542.00 Feb 20, 2026
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San Juan Regional Medical Center Farmington · Farmington, NM Insertion of guide wire with dilation of esophagus using a flexible endoscope $2,123.00 $4,246.00 Jun 9, 2026
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Mountain View Regional Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM UPPR GI ENDOSCOPY/GUIDE WIRE $2,891.16 $10,707.99 Apr 1, 2026
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Carlsbad Medical Center Carlsbad · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM UPPR GI ENDOSCOPY/GUIDE WIRE $4,256.23 $42,562.28 Apr 1, 2026
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Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with insertion of guide wire followed by passage of dilator(s) through esophagus over guide wire $6,470.30 $10,783.83 —
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By metro area

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

Metro areaHospitals LowestMedian
Carlsbad-Artesia, NM 2 $325.20 $2,290.72
Las Cruces, NM 2 $2,891.16 $4,680.73
Farmington, NM 1 $2,123.00 $2,123.00

What it is

This code covers upper endoscopy in which a narrowed esophagus is stretched with dilators passed over a guide wire.

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 (EGD) with widening of the esophagus over a guide wire in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.