HRHospitalRates.comCompare prices

Procedure price report · Injection or ligation of esophageal varices

Upper endoscopy with injection treatment of enlarged veins

CPT 43243the billing code this page is about

A flexible scope is passed through the mouth and a medication is injected into swollen veins of the esophagus or stomach to seal them.

Hospitals typically charge $1,676 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 789 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,624. Most fall between $600 and $3,173 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
789
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 789 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
$428$695$1,676$2,699$4,501

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($428 vs $4,501).

How the prices are spread

$316 – $419: 36 hospitals$316$419 – $554: 64 hospitals$554 – $734: 65 hospitals$554$734 – $971: 65 hospitals$971 – $1,285: 76 hospitals$971$1,285 – $1,701: 55 hospitals$1,701 – $2,252: 128 hospitals$1,701$2,252 – $2,981: 89 hospitals$2,981 – $3,945: 77 hospitals$2,981$3,945 – $5,222: 57 hospitals$3,945median $1,676price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (712 of 789 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$316$41936
$419$55464
$554$73465
$734$97165
$971$1,28576
$1,285$1,70155
$1,701$2,252128
$2,252$2,98189
$2,981$3,94577
$3,945$5,22257

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,960
Median cash price$1,676
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.85×

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 $1,676.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,445 across 16 hospitalsWA$1,445Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,179 across 20 hospitalsMN$1,179Illinois: median $1,050 across 29 hospitalsIL$1,050Wisconsin: median $1,781 across 24 hospitalsWI$1,781Michigan: median $942 across 30 hospitalsMI$942New York: median $2,050 across 38 hospitalsNY$2,050Massachusetts: median $3,467 across 15 hospitalsMA$3,467Oregon: median $591 across 19 hospitalsOR$591Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $600 across 21 hospitalsIA$600Indiana: median $428 across 10 hospitalsIN$428Ohio: median $2,572 across 47 hospitalsOH$2,572Pennsylvania: median $2,267 across 45 hospitalsPA$2,267New Jersey: median $3,786 across 33 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,704 across 74 hospitalsCA$2,704Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,596 across 17 hospitalsCO$1,596Nebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,027 across 20 hospitalsMO$1,027Kentucky: median $428 across 10 hospitalsKY$428West Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $814 across 14 hospitalsVA$814Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $734 across 11 hospitalsKS$734Arkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,040 across 16 hospitalsTN$1,040North Carolina: median $1,706 across 11 hospitalsNC$1,706South Carolina: median $2,180 across 18 hospitalsSC$2,180Oklahoma: median $328 across 20 hospitalsOK$328Louisiana: median $879 across 21 hospitalsLA$879Mississippi: median $1,323 across 11 hospitalsMS$1,323Alabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,456 across 25 hospitalsGA$1,456Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,138 across 56 hospitalsTX$1,138Florida: median $1,813 across 21 hospitalsFL$1,813
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,676. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ33$3,786+126%$2,102 – $5,741
Massachusetts MA15$3,467+107%$1,542 – $5,323
California CA74$2,704+61%$1,407 – $4,576
Ohio OH47$2,572+53%$1,892 – $3,916
Pennsylvania PA45$2,267+35%$178 – $4,085
South Carolina SC18$2,180+30%$873 – $2,180
New York NY38$2,050+22%$675 – $2,278
Florida FL21$1,813+8%$1,813 – $3,322
Wisconsin WI24$1,781+6%$1,781 – $1,960
North Carolina NC11$1,706+2%$949 – $1,939
Colorado CO17$1,596−5%$819 – $3,200
Georgia GA25$1,456−13%$1,310 – $3,839
Washington WA16$1,445−14%$545 – $2,799
Mississippi MS11$1,323−21%$672 – $1,480
Minnesota MN20$1,179−30%$490 – $1,781
Texas TX56$1,138−32%$611 – $1,918
Illinois IL29$1,050−37%$428 – $2,174
Tennessee TN16$1,040−38%$286 – $1,093
Missouri MO20$1,027−39%$409 – $1,487
Michigan MI30$942−44%$757 – $1,781
Louisiana LA21$879−48%$636 – $1,992
Virginia VA14$814−51%$156 – $2,353
Kansas KS11$734−56%$376 – $1,799
Iowa IA21$600−64%$600 – $841
Oregon OR19$591−65%$428 – $3,786
Indiana IN10$428−74%$428 – $846
Kentucky KY10$428−74%$279 – $7,617
Oklahoma OK20$328−80%$328 – $2,475
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $1,676.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care643$1,781$636 – $3,265
Children’s17fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access125$1,006$525 – $1,960
Ownership
For-profit86$1,706$757 – $2,994
Government126$1,597$644 – $2,664
Non-profit573$1,616$597 – $3,268
System affiliation
Part of a system647$1,781$645 – $3,285
Independent142$1,111$523 – $2,400

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,740
Median cash price$1,676
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

576 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,706 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,786; most fall between $600 and $3,522.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 576 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
$428$695$1,706$3,002$4,673

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($428 vs $4,673).

Of the 631 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 576 gave a usable cash price; 23 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 32 a list price only.

How complete is this

789 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (20%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 856 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted789
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here42
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded23
Hospitals that filed this code856

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 Injection or ligation of esophageal varices family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Egd Injection Sclerosis Esophgl/Gastric Varices.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Upper endoscopy with injection treatment of enlarged veins (CPT 43243) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-43243-upper-endoscopy-with-injection-treatment-of-enlarged-veins