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Procedure price report · Other OR upper GI therapeutic procedures

Stitch repair of a stomach ulcer or wound

CPT 43840the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to sew closed a hole, tear, or bleeding ulcer in the stomach or the first part of the small intestine.

Hospitals typically charge $2,852 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 533 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,986. Most fall between $1,501 and $5,067 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
533
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 533 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
$937$1,890$2,852$4,414$6,978

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($937 vs $6,978).

How the prices are spread

$543 – $709: 11 hospitals$543$709 – $924: 16 hospitals$924 – $1,206: 10 hospitals$924$1,206 – $1,573: 51 hospitals$1,573 – $2,053: 39 hospitals$1,573$2,053 – $2,678: 94 hospitals$2,678 – $3,493: 84 hospitals$2,678$3,493 – $4,558: 75 hospitals$4,558 – $5,946: 58 hospitals$4,558$5,946 – $7,757: 43 hospitals$5,946median $2,852price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (481 of 533 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$543$70911
$709$92416
$924$1,20610
$1,206$1,57351
$1,573$2,05339
$2,053$2,67894
$2,678$3,49384
$3,493$4,55875
$4,558$5,94658
$5,946$7,75743

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,939
Median cash price$2,852
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.72×

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 $2,852.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $2,253 across 10 hospitalsME$2,253Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,676 across 15 hospitalsWA$2,676Idaho: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: median $2,895 across 10 hospitalsMT$2,895North Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,655 across 25 hospitalsMN$3,655Illinois: median $2,638 across 20 hospitalsIL$2,638Wisconsin: median $6,978 across 33 hospitalsWI$6,978Michigan: median $2,489 across 34 hospitalsMI$2,489New York: median $2,231 across 37 hospitalsNY$2,231Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $3,325 across 22 hospitalsOR$3,325Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $3,327 across 36 hospitalsIA$3,327Indiana: median $1,236 across 12 hospitalsIN$1,236Ohio: median $3,187 across 15 hospitalsOH$3,187Pennsylvania: median $995 across 22 hospitalsPA$995New Jersey: median $5,110 across 15 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,303 across 17 hospitalsCA$2,303Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,983 across 12 hospitalsMO$1,983Kentucky: median $1,528 across 10 hospitalsKY$1,528West Virginia: median $2,402 across 14 hospitalsWV$2,402Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,059 across 15 hospitalsKS$2,059Arkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,856 across 13 hospitalsOK$2,856Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,903 across 10 hospitalsTX$3,903Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,852. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI33$6,978+145%$5,716 – $8,442
New Jersey NJ15$5,110+79%$4,350 – $5,855
Texas TX10$3,903+37%$1,962 – $4,927
Minnesota MN25$3,655+28%$1,916 – $5,324
Iowa IA36$3,327+17%$2,028 – $3,337
Oregon OR22$3,325+17%$2,494 – $3,940
Ohio OH15$3,187+12%$1,327 – $5,936
Montana MT10$2,895+2%$1,523 – $4,056
Oklahoma OK13$2,8560%$2,856 – $2,856
Washington WA15$2,676−6%$2,494 – $3,270
Illinois IL20$2,638−8%$817 – $3,802
Michigan MI34$2,489−13%$2,084 – $5,301
West Virginia WV14$2,402−16%$1,480 – $4,823
California CA17$2,303−19%$1,244 – $3,869
Maine ME10$2,253−21%$1,291 – $4,028
New York NY37$2,231−22%$1,275 – $3,939
Kansas KS15$2,059−28%$707 – $2,546
Missouri MO12$1,983−30%$1,624 – $2,059
Kentucky KY10$1,528−46%$1,236 – $2,186
Indiana IN12$1,236−57%$1,177 – $2,814
Pennsylvania PA22$995−65%$727 – $4,269
Colorado CO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $2,852.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care330$2,814$1,346 – $5,110
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access192$2,895$1,978 – $4,958
Ownership
For-profit35$3,903$1,236 – $7,533
Government122$2,729$1,637 – $3,957
Non-profit375$2,856$1,466 – $5,301
System affiliation
Part of a system374$2,897$1,480 – $5,324
Independent159$2,724$1,654 – $4,300

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,826
Median cash price$2,852
Cash as a share of list, median hospital70%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 30%. 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

307 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,549 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,600; most fall between $1,327 and $4,060.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 307 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
$551$1,502$2,549$3,790$6,978

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($551 vs $6,978).

Of the 352 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 307 gave a usable cash price; 25 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 20 a list price only.

How complete is this

533 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 615 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted533
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here55
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 — excluded26
Hospitals that filed this code615

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 Other OR upper GI therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Repair Perf Duod/Gast Ulc-Wnd/Inj.

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, “Stitch repair of a stomach ulcer or wound (CPT 43840) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-43840-stitch-repair-of-a-stomach-ulcer-or-wound