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Procedure price report · Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, biopsy

Esophagus scope exam with stent placement

CPT 43212the billing code this page is about

A flexible scope is passed through the mouth and a tube-shaped stent is placed to hold the esophagus open; includes dilation and guide wire use if done.

Hospitals typically charge $4,054 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 675 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,168. Most fall between $1,097 and $7,543 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
675
States
49
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 675 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$369$1,538$4,054$7,020$9,420

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 26× what the cheapest tenth charges ($369 vs $9,420).

How the prices are spread

$263 – $389: 42 hospitals$263$389 – $576: 38 hospitals$576 – $854: 16 hospitals$576$854 – $1,266: 32 hospitals$1,266 – $1,876: 62 hospitals$1,266$1,876 – $2,780: 50 hospitals$2,780 – $4,120: 77 hospitals$2,780$4,120 – $6,106: 100 hospitals$6,106 – $9,048: 132 hospitals$6,106$9,048 – $13,409: 68 hospitals$9,048median $4,054price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (617 of 675 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$263$38942
$389$57638
$576$85416
$854$1,26632
$1,266$1,87662
$1,876$2,78050
$2,780$4,12077
$4,120$6,106100
$6,106$9,048132
$9,048$13,40968

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,202
Median cash price$4,054
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.65×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $4,054.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,450 across 10 hospitalsWA$3,450Idaho: median $10,986 across 10 hospitalsID$10,986Montana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,978 across 13 hospitalsMN$1,978Illinois: median $4,491 across 23 hospitalsIL$4,491Wisconsin: median $1,718 across 33 hospitalsWI$1,718Michigan: median $473 across 27 hospitalsMI$473New York: median $7,044 across 33 hospitalsNY$7,044Massachusetts: median $9,436 across 21 hospitalsMA$9,436Oregon: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: median $501 across 18 hospitalsIN$501Ohio: median $5,815 across 48 hospitalsOH$5,815Pennsylvania: median $7,000 across 29 hospitalsPA$7,000New Jersey: median $6,506 across 38 hospitalsNJ$6,506Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $7,020 across 64 hospitalsCA$7,020Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,446 across 13 hospitalsCO$2,446Nebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $2,557 across 12 hospitalsMO$2,557Kentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $5,931 across 11 hospitalsVA$5,931Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $657 across 12 hospitalsTN$657North Carolina: median $2,143 across 12 hospitalsNC$2,143South Carolina: median $9,259 across 15 hospitalsSC$9,259Oklahoma: median $263 across 13 hospitalsOK$263Louisiana: median $2,977 across 16 hospitalsLA$2,977Mississippi: median $1,495 across 10 hospitalsMS$1,495Alabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,766 across 25 hospitalsGA$1,766Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,873 across 46 hospitalsTX$1,873Florida: median $4,154 across 42 hospitalsFL$4,154
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,054. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID10$10,986+171%$10,548 – $11,650
Massachusetts MA21$9,436+133%$1,890 – $16,861
South Carolina SC15$9,259+128%$2,550 – $9,259
New York NY33$7,044+74%$583 – $7,795
California CA64$7,020+73%$4,107 – $9,128
Pennsylvania PA29$7,000+73%$3,867 – $9,420
New Jersey NJ38$6,506+60%$3,986 – $7,855
Virginia VA11$5,931+46%$915 – $7,384
Ohio OH48$5,815+43%$3,754 – $6,977
Illinois IL23$4,491+11%$1,453 – $4,491
Florida FL42$4,154+2%$2,417 – $8,567
Washington WA10$3,450−15%$342 – $4,604
Louisiana LA16$2,977−27%$1,473 – $4,229
Missouri MO12$2,557−37%$1,125 – $4,877
Colorado CO13$2,446−40%$1,898 – $4,023
North Carolina NC12$2,143−47%$1,415 – $5,426
Minnesota MN13$1,978−51%$401 – $3,903
Texas TX46$1,873−54%$1,538 – $3,572
Georgia GA25$1,766−56%$1,766 – $6,375
Wisconsin WI33$1,718−58%$1,190 – $5,935
Mississippi MS10$1,495−63%$1,163 – $3,423
Tennessee TN12$657−84%$353 – $3,423
Indiana IN18$501−88%$402 – $4,109
Michigan MI27$473−88%$230 – $5,677
Oklahoma OK13$263−94%$263 – $8,609
Oregon OR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $4,054.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care581$4,154$1,218 – $7,624
Children’s14fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access76$1,718$473 – $6,705
Ownership
For-profit63$4,154$1,766 – $8,523
Government99$3,478$1,163 – $7,044
Non-profit509$4,154$937 – $7,624
System affiliation
Part of a system590$4,154$1,190 – $7,474
Independent85$2,675$365 – $7,543

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,375
Median cash price$4,054
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

482 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,109 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,401; most fall between $1,453 and $8,558.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 482 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$449$1,757$4,109$7,173$10,986

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 24× what the cheapest tenth charges ($449 vs $10,986).

Of the 546 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 482 gave a usable cash price; 35 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 29 a list price only.

How complete is this

675 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (17%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 753 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted675
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here62
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded15
Hospitals that filed this code753

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, biopsy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Esophagoscopy Transoral Stent Placement.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Esophagus scope exam with stent placement (CPT 43212) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-43212-esophagus-scope-exam-with-stent-placement