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Procedure price report · Esophageal dilatation

Balloon tube placement to stop bleeding in the esophagus

CPT 43460the billing code this page is about

A tube with inflatable balloons is placed through the mouth into the esophagus and stomach to press on and control bleeding from enlarged veins.

Hospitals typically charge $1,036 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 520 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,111. Most fall between $392 and $2,285 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
520
States
46
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 520 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
$276$465$1,036$2,036$3,648

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($276 vs $3,648).

How the prices are spread

$210 – $284: 28 hospitals$210$284 – $385: 49 hospitals$385 – $521: 49 hospitals$385$521 – $706: 65 hospitals$706 – $957: 31 hospitals$706$957 – $1,296: 61 hospitals$1,296 – $1,756: 58 hospitals$1,296$1,756 – $2,380: 60 hospitals$2,380 – $3,224: 31 hospitals$2,380$3,224 – $4,369: 39 hospitals$3,224median $1,036price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (471 of 520 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$210$28428
$284$38549
$385$52149
$521$70665
$706$95731
$957$1,29661
$1,296$1,75658
$1,756$2,38060
$2,380$3,22431
$3,224$4,36939

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,036.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $931 across 25 hospitalsWA$931Idaho: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,285 across 12 hospitalsMN$1,285Illinois: median $1,377 across 23 hospitalsIL$1,377Wisconsin: median $1,128 across 23 hospitalsWI$1,128Michigan: median $465 across 30 hospitalsMI$465New York: median $522 across 18 hospitalsNY$522Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $792 across 29 hospitalsOR$792Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals 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: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,352 across 28 hospitalsOH$1,352Pennsylvania: median $864 across 11 hospitalsPA$864New Jersey: median $5,110 across 13 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $622 across 65 hospitalsCA$622Utah: median $1,431 across 23 hospitalsUT$1,431Colorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $2,036 across 17 hospitalsVA$2,036Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $294 across 15 hospitalsOK$294Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,827 across 11 hospitalsGA$1,827Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,285 across 42 hospitalsTX$2,285Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,036. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ13$5,110+393%$3,986 – $5,855
Texas TX42$2,285+121%$656 – $2,588
Virginia VA17$2,036+97%$662 – $2,182
Georgia GA11$1,827+76%$1,827 – $3,554
Utah UT23$1,431+38%$1,431 – $1,789
Illinois IL23$1,377+33%$340 – $3,648
Ohio OH28$1,352+31%$555 – $1,556
Minnesota MN12$1,285+24%$978 – $1,285
Wisconsin WI23$1,128+9%$1,128 – $1,359
Washington WA25$931−10%$597 – $3,588
Pennsylvania PA11$864−17%$54 – $1,139
Oregon OR29$792−24%$383 – $3,254
California CA65$622−40%$405 – $2,984
New York NY18$522−50%$259 – $1,224
Michigan MI30$465−55%$270 – $730
Oklahoma OK15$294−72%$215 – $294
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not 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 $1,036.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care428$1,024$383 – $2,358
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access84$1,128$411 – $1,438
Ownership
For-profit38$962$310 – $2,588
Government68$792$400 – $2,294
Non-profit414$1,105$393 – $2,285
System affiliation
Part of a system441$1,128$405 – $2,325
Independent79$640$357 – $1,382

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,352
Median cash price$1,036
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

392 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,038 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,129; most fall between $374 and $2,285.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 392 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
$255$405$1,038$2,036$3,166

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($255 vs $3,166).

Of the 434 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 392 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 23 a list price only.

How complete is this

520 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 599 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted520
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here35
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 — excluded43
Hospitals that filed this code599

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 Esophageal dilatation family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Esophagogastric Tamponade,Balloon.

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, “Balloon tube placement to stop bleeding in the esophagus (CPT 43460) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-43460-balloon-tube-placement-to-stop-bleeding-in-the-esophagus