CPT 43202 · 1,171 hospitals reporting

Biopsy of esophagus using a flexible endoscope through mouth

The same procedure costs $96.02 at one hospital and $37,592 at another — a 392× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,788.

Cheapest published

$96.02

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

Median across 1,171 hospitals

$1,788

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

350 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
SIGNATURE HEALTHCARE BROCKTON HOSPITAL	MA	$2,552	$1,786	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH PIKES PEAK REGIONAL HOSPITAL	CO	$2,237	$1,790	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$4,441	$1,781	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$4,441	$1,781	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$4,441	$1,781	—	—	4 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$4,441	$1,781	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$4,441	$1,781	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$4,441	$1,781	—	—	4 insurers
COSHOCTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$4,282	$1,806	$230	$4,197	5 insurers
SAINT JOHN HOSPITAL	KS	$9,432	$1,807	$457	$7,545	5 insurers
PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$10,078	$1,807	$300	$9,312	5 insurers
RANDOLPH HOSPITAL	NC	$9,093	$1,819	—	—	4 insurers
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$3,089	$1,853	—	—	5 insurers
PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$3,712	$1,856	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$3,118	$1,871	$1,659	$8,427	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$3,761	$1,692	—	—	5 insurers
BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$1,690	$1,690	—	—	0 insurers
LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL	PA	$2,890	$1,887	$108	$2,890	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$4,441	$1,887	—	—	4 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,524	$1,893	—	—	0 insurers
SOUTHERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$8,708	$1,915	$698	$8,708	5 insurers
MISSION REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$5,600	$1,918	$282	$4,480	5 insurers
DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$1,740	$1,918	$113	$1,740	5 insurers
HARLINGEN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$8,389	$1,918	$423	$6,712	5 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$3,767	$1,921	—	—	5 insurers
OAKLEAF SURGICAL HOSPITAL	WI	$1,833	$1,650	$266	$1,833	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$4,119	$1,647	—	—	2 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$2,988	$1,644	—	—	5 insurers
ANNIE JEFFREY MEMORIAL COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	NE	$1,700	$1,632	—	—	0 insurers
ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$3,240	$1,620	—	—	5 insurers
GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -	CT	$3,767	$1,959	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNT GRANT GENERAL HOSPITAL	NV	$2,890	$1,961	$108	$2,890	5 insurers
ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$2,890	$1,961	$108	$2,890	5 insurers
CODY REGIONAL HEALTH	WY	$2,319	$1,971	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHFIELD HOSPITAL	MN	$3,827	$1,600	—	—	5 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$2,630	$1,578	—	—	5 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$4,019	$2,010	—	—	4 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$3,900	$1,560	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$3,900	$1,560	—	—	5 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,386	$1,551	—	—	5 insurers