CPT 43201 · 1,042 hospitals reporting

Esophagoscopy, flexible, transoral; with directed submucosal injection(s), any substance

The same procedure costs $103 at one hospital and $37,592 at another — a 365× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,641.

Cheapest published

$103

1 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 1,042 hospitals

$1,641

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$37,592

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

212 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
OAKLEAF SURGICAL HOSPITAL	WI	$1,833	$1,650	$266	$1,833	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$4,667	$1,633	$1,635	$4,420	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$4,667	$1,633	$1,635	$4,420	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$4,667	$1,633	$1,635	$4,420	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$4,667	$1,633	$1,635	$4,420	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$4,667	$1,633	$1,635	$4,420	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$4,667	$1,633	$1,635	$4,420	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$4,667	$1,633	$1,635	$4,420	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$4,667	$1,633	$1,635	$4,420	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$4,667	$1,633	$1,635	$4,420	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$4,667	$1,633	$1,635	$4,420	3 insurers
JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM	FL	$2,571	$1,576	$1,660	$1,660	1 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL UNION COUNTY	KY	$2,638	$1,714	—	—	5 insurers
SUNY/STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NY	$1,530	$1,530	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$3,700	$1,480	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$3,700	$1,480	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$3,118	$1,871	$1,659	$8,427	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$3,119	$1,871	—	—	5 insurers
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$2,339	$1,403	$1,053	$6,771	5 insurers
CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$2,339	$1,403	$1,053	$6,771	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$2,339	$1,403	$1,053	$6,771	5 insurers
CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL NORTHEAST	MO	$2,339	$1,403	$1,053	$6,771	5 insurers
LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL	PA	$5,324	$1,887	$121	$4,563	5 insurers
BELL HOSPITAL	MI	$2,324	$1,394	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$2,496	$1,373	—	—	5 insurers
DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$1,740	$1,918	$113	$1,740	5 insurers
HARLINGEN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$7,328	$1,918	$369	$5,863	5 insurers
MOUNT GRANT GENERAL HOSPITAL	NV	$5,324	$1,961	$121	$5,165	5 insurers
ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$5,324	$1,961	$121	$5,165	5 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$2,067	$1,240	—	—	3 insurers
SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER FARGO	ND	$2,558	$2,046	—	—	2 insurers
CHRISTUS ST FRANCES CABRINI HOSPITAL	LA	$4,728	$1,229	$361	$5,010	5 insurers
SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,755	$2,066	—	—	5 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$3,472	$1,215	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$3,472	$1,215	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$3,472	$1,215	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$1,517	$1,214	—	—	4 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIF	CA	$2,080	$2,080	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	IL	$2,080	$2,080	—	—	0 insurers
THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - BOSTON	MA	$2,080	$2,080	—	—	1 insurers