Upper endoscopy with wire-guided dilation cost in North Dakota
In North Dakota, 6 hospitals publish a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with widening of the esophagus over a guide wire: from $1,382.26 to $2,801.60, with a median of $1,672.80. The lowest price is at Altru Hospital (Grand Forks) and 1 other hospital. The highest price is 2.0× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,672.80, is about the same as the US median of $1,698.96.
- That is 1.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($926.63).
- North Dakota ranks 20th 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 Sep 29, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$1,382.26Altru Hospital + 1 more
Median$1,672.80half of hospitals charge less
Highest$2,801.60in North Dakota
Lowest saves$290.54vs the median
Hospitals in North Dakota, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altru Hospital lowest Grand Forks · Grand Forks, ND-MN HC UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY/GUIDE WIRE | $1,382.26 | $2,266.00 | Mar 1, 2026 source file |
| Altru Hospital Devils Lake lowest Devils Lake · Devils Lake, ND HC UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY/GUIDE WIRE | $1,382.26 | $2,266.00 | Mar 1, 2026 source file |
| Kenmare Community Hospital Kenmare · Minot, ND 43248 GI GASTRO W/SAVARY DIL | $1,672.80 | $2,091.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Trinity Hospitals Minot · Minot, ND 43248 GI GASTRO W/SAVARY DIL | $1,672.80 | $2,091.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health Fargo Fargo · Fargo, ND-MN UP GI ENDOSCOPY,DILATN W GUIDE | $2,010.75 | $2,681.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo · Fargo, ND-MN EGD INSERT GD WIRE | $2,801.60 | $3,502.00 | Mar 4, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fargo, ND-MN | 2 | $2,010.75 | $2,406.18 |
| Minot, ND | 2 | $1,672.80 | $1,672.80 |
| Devils Lake, ND | 1 | $1,382.26 | $1,382.26 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 1 | $1,382.26 | $1,382.26 |
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 Carolina$1,183.20
- 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.