Upper endoscopy with wire-guided dilation cost in North Carolina
In North Carolina, 18 hospitals publish a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with widening of the esophagus over a guide wire: from $755.78 to $3,833.00, with a median of $1,183.20. The lowest price is at ECU Health Beaufort Hospital (Washington) and 1 other hospital. The highest price is 5.1× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,183.20, is 30% below the US median of $1,698.96.
- That is 1.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($926.63).
- North Carolina ranks 8th of 39 states by median, cheapest first.
- 3 of 18 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 Oct 21, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$755.78ECU Health Beaufort Hospital + 1 more
Median$1,183.20half of hospitals charge less
Highest$3,833.00in North Carolina
Lowest saves$427.42vs the median
Hospitals in North Carolina, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECU Health Beaufort Hospital lowest Washington · Washington, NC Egd W/ Guide Wire and Dilators | $755.78 | $1,426.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| ECU Health Medical Center lowest Greenville · Greenville, NC Egd W/ Guide Wire and Dilators | $755.78 | $1,426.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Duke University Hospital Durham · Durham, NC Endo Ugi W Dil Over Gw | $812.70 | $3,010.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Duke Health Raleigh Hospital Raleigh · Raleigh-Cary, NC Endo Ugi W Dil Over Gw | $812.70 | $3,010.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Duke Regional Hospital Durham · Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Endo Ugi W Dil Over Gw | $812.70 | $3,010.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Betsy Johnson Hospital Dunn · Anderson Creek, NC EGD GUIDE WIRE INSERTION | $1,183.20 | $1,972.00 | Apr 7, 2026 source file |
| Cape Fear Valley - Bladen County Hospital Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown, NC EGD GUIDE WIRE INSERTION | $1,183.20 | $1,972.00 | Mar 21, 2026 source file |
| Cape Fear Valley - Hoke Hospital Raeford · Fayetteville, NC EGD GUIDE WIRE INSERTION | $1,183.20 | $1,972.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Fayetteville · Fayetteville, NC INSERTION OF GUIDE WIRE WITH DILATION OF ESOPHAGUS USING A FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE | $1,183.20 | $1,972.00 | Mar 21, 2026 source file |
| Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital Fayetteville · Fayetteville, NC EGD GUIDE WIRE INSERTION | $1,183.20 | $1,972.00 | Mar 22, 2026 source file |
| Randolph Health Asheboro · Asheboro, NC EGD GUIDE WIRE W/DILATION | $1,384.80 | $6,924.00 | Dec 30, 2024 source file |
| ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital Tarboro · Rocky Mount, NC Egd W/ Guide Wire and Dilators | $1,570.24 | $2,804.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Frye Regional Medical Center Hickory · Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC EGD GUIDE WIRE INSERTION | $1,724.22 | $4,310.55 | Jul 8, 2026 source file |
| Harris Regional Hospital Sylva · Sylva, NC Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with insertion of guide wire followed by passage of dilator(s) through esophagus over guide wire | $2,254.47 | $5,636.18 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital Mooresville · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Endo Ugi W Dil Over Gw | $2,526.12 | $9,356.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| CaroMont Regional Medical Center - Gastonia Gastonia · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HCHG EGD FLEX W GWIRE DILATION | $3,833.00 | $3,833.00 | May 11, 2026 source file |
| Gaston Memorial Hospital Mount Holly · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HCHG EGD FLEX W GWIRE DILATION | $3,833.00 | $3,833.00 | May 11, 2026 source file |
| Gaston Memorial Hospital Belmont · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HCHG EGD FLEX W GWIRE DILATION | $3,833.00 | $3,833.00 | May 11, 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
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 4 | $2,526.12 | $3,833.00 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 3 | $1,183.20 | $1,183.20 |
| Asheboro, NC | 1 | $1,384.80 | $1,384.80 |
| Anderson Creek, NC | 1 | $1,183.20 | $1,183.20 |
| Durham, NC | 1 | $812.70 | $812.70 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 1 | $812.70 | $812.70 |
| Elizabethtown, NC | 1 | $1,183.20 | $1,183.20 |
| Greenville, NC | 1 | $755.78 | $755.78 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 1 | $1,724.22 | $1,724.22 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 1 | $812.70 | $812.70 |
| Rocky Mount, NC | 1 | $1,570.24 | $1,570.24 |
| Sylva, NC | 1 | $2,254.47 | $2,254.47 |
| Washington, NC | 1 | $755.78 | $755.78 |
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
- 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 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.