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Procedure price report · Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, biopsy

Upper endoscopy with removal of a swallowed object

CPT 43247the billing code this page is about

A flexible scope is passed through the mouth to the upper small intestine and a foreign body is retrieved from the digestive tract.

Hospitals typically charge $1,419 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,978 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,521. Most fall between $645 and $2,920 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,978
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 1,978 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
$420$732$1,419$2,621$4,059

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($420 vs $4,059).

How the prices are spread

$318 – $425: 103 hospitals$318$425 – $569: 128 hospitals$569 – $762: 187 hospitals$569$762 – $1,020: 210 hospitals$1,020 – $1,365: 235 hospitals$1,020$1,365 – $1,827: 276 hospitals$1,827 – $2,445: 190 hospitals$1,827$2,445 – $3,273: 221 hospitals$3,273 – $4,380: 154 hospitals$3,273$4,380 – $5,862: 78 hospitals$4,380median $1,419price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,782 of 1,978 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$318$425103
$425$569128
$569$762187
$762$1,020210
$1,020$1,365235
$1,365$1,827276
$1,827$2,445190
$2,445$3,273221
$3,273$4,380154
$4,380$5,86278

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$927
Median cash price$1,419
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.53×

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 $1,419.

Alaska: median $1,936 across 13 hospitalsAK$1,936Maine: median $833 across 16 hospitalsME$833Vermont: median $911 across 11 hospitalsVT$911New Hampshire: median $1,142 across 18 hospitalsNH$1,142Washington: median $1,631 across 56 hospitalsWA$1,631Idaho: median $1,662 across 18 hospitalsID$1,662Montana: median $806 across 20 hospitalsMT$806North Dakota: median $1,104 across 16 hospitalsND$1,104Minnesota: median $1,226 across 69 hospitalsMN$1,226Illinois: median $1,255 across 72 hospitalsIL$1,255Wisconsin: median $1,550 across 57 hospitalsWI$1,550Michigan: median $1,085 across 61 hospitalsMI$1,085New York: median $1,171 across 82 hospitalsNY$1,171Massachusetts: median $1,938 across 44 hospitalsMA$1,938Oregon: median $1,000 across 47 hospitalsOR$1,000Nevada: median $986 across 10 hospitalsNV$986Wyoming: median $1,300 across 10 hospitalsWY$1,300South Dakota: median $1,094 across 14 hospitalsSD$1,094Iowa: median $911 across 65 hospitalsIA$911Indiana: median $909 across 50 hospitalsIN$909Ohio: median $2,803 across 105 hospitalsOH$2,803Pennsylvania: median $1,767 across 95 hospitalsPA$1,767New Jersey: median $2,456 across 44 hospitalsNJ$2,456Connecticut: median $3,005 across 21 hospitalsCT$3,005Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,001 across 126 hospitalsCA$2,001Utah: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,476 across 40 hospitalsCO$1,476Nebraska: median $1,174 across 44 hospitalsNE$1,174Missouri: median $1,061 across 58 hospitalsMO$1,061Kentucky: median $925 across 31 hospitalsKY$925West Virginia: median $845 across 26 hospitalsWV$845Virginia: median $1,373 across 49 hospitalsVA$1,373Maryland: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,894 across 13 hospitalsAZ$2,894New Mexico: median $1,942 across 26 hospitalsNM$1,942Kansas: median $706 across 47 hospitalsKS$706Arkansas: median $645 across 21 hospitalsAR$645Tennessee: median $570 across 42 hospitalsTN$570North Carolina: median $1,458 across 31 hospitalsNC$1,458South Carolina: median $2,673 across 37 hospitalsSC$2,673Oklahoma: median $759 across 43 hospitalsOK$759Louisiana: median $765 across 34 hospitalsLA$765Mississippi: median $1,247 across 34 hospitalsMS$1,247Alabama: median $1,925 across 24 hospitalsAL$1,925Georgia: median $1,577 across 43 hospitalsGA$1,577Hawaii: median $1,366 across 12 hospitalsHI$1,366Texas: median $784 across 100 hospitalsTX$784Florida: median $2,400 across 62 hospitalsFL$2,400
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,419. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Connecticut CT21$3,005+112%$1,312 – $3,561
Arizona AZ13$2,894+104%$1,113 – $5,824
Ohio OH105$2,803+98%$1,157 – $4,034
South Carolina SC37$2,673+88%$833 – $3,475
New Jersey NJ44$2,456+73%$1,051 – $4,881
Florida FL62$2,400+69%$1,241 – $3,504
California CA126$2,001+41%$1,160 – $3,481
New Mexico NM26$1,942+37%$957 – $5,746
Massachusetts MA44$1,938+37%$1,597 – $3,924
Alaska AK13$1,936+36%$565 – $2,843
Alabama AL24$1,925+36%$809 – $6,185
Pennsylvania PA95$1,767+24%$561 – $3,526
Idaho ID18$1,662+17%$773 – $2,526
Washington WA56$1,631+15%$624 – $2,263
Georgia GA43$1,577+11%$991 – $2,796
Wisconsin WI57$1,550+9%$1,200 – $2,390
Colorado CO40$1,476+4%$1,004 – $2,580
North Carolina NC31$1,458+3%$813 – $2,747
Virginia VA49$1,373−3%$574 – $1,639
Hawaii HI12$1,366−4%$487 – $2,948
Wyoming WY10$1,300−8%$590 – $2,621
Illinois IL72$1,255−12%$691 – $2,424
Mississippi MS34$1,247−12%$592 – $3,119
Minnesota MN69$1,226−14%$648 – $2,280
Nebraska NE44$1,174−17%$810 – $2,341
New York NY82$1,171−17%$488 – $2,795
New Hampshire NH18$1,142−19%$329 – $1,826
North Dakota ND16$1,104−22%$499 – $1,896
South Dakota SD14$1,094−23%$1,094 – $2,749
Michigan MI61$1,085−24%$728 – $2,401
Missouri MO58$1,061−25%$632 – $3,285
Oregon OR47$1,000−30%$442 – $2,256
Nevada NV10$986−31%$834 – $1,960
Kentucky KY31$925−35%$399 – $3,765
Iowa IA65$911−36%$558 – $1,782
Vermont VT11$911−36%$422 – $3,438
Indiana IN50$909−36%$431 – $3,765
West Virginia WV26$845−40%$314 – $1,802
Maine ME16$833−41%$360 – $1,589
Montana MT20$806−43%$258 – $1,761
Texas TX100$784−45%$702 – $2,800
Louisiana LA34$765−46%$566 – $1,341
Oklahoma OK43$759−47%$459 – $1,910
Kansas KS47$706−50%$450 – $1,419
Arkansas AR21$645−55%$498 – $1,794
Tennessee TN42$570−60%$385 – $1,645
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not 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 $1,419.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,411$1,578$738 – $3,290
Children’s34$1,794$1,004 – $3,883
Critical access527$932$476 – $2,022
Ownership
For-profit209$1,742$732 – $5,482
Government377$1,109$570 – $2,438
Non-profit1,386$1,463$667 – $2,843
System affiliation
Part of a system1,565$1,550$706 – $3,147
Independent413$1,004$447 – $2,304

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,526
Median cash price$1,419
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

1,272 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,550 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,540; most fall between $642 and $2,796.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,272 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
$408$732$1,550$2,526$3,556

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($408 vs $3,556).

Of the 1,384 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,272 gave a usable cash price; 37 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 75 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,978 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (50%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,145 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,978
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here73
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded9
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded85
Hospitals that filed this code2,145

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 24, 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 Egd Flexible Foreign Body Removal.

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, “Upper endoscopy with removal of a swallowed object (CPT 43247) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-43247-upper-endoscopy-with-removal-of-a-swallowed-object