Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
HB Esophagoscop Ultrasound Exam
Low
$1
Average
$3.3k
Median
$2.9k
High
$19.7k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $5.6k | $5.6k | $293 | 5% | 24 | $5.3k – $5.9k |
| 2 | Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO | $2.1k | $2.0k | $428 | 21% | 3–30 | $1.3k – $2.6k |
| 3 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $3.3k | $3.3k | $174 | 5% | 2–20 | $3.1k – $3.5k |
| 4 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC | $1.8k | $1.8k | $9 | 1% | 1–10 | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 5 | St Marys Hospital Medical Center Of Green Bay Inc Hospital Sisters GREEN BAY, WI | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | 1–10 | $4.3k – $4.3k |
| 6 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC | $1.8k | $1.8k | $9 | 1% | 1–10 | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 7 | St Johns Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Springfield, IL | $4.0k | $4.0k | — | — | 1–10 | $4.0k – $4.0k |
| 8 | Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery CHRISTIANSBURG, VA | $4.5k | $4.5k | $1.2k | 27% | — | $2.0k – $7.7k |
| 9 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL | $138 | $227 | $212 | 93% | — | $135 – $801 |
| 10 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $2.8k | $2.5k | $750 | 30% | — | $980 – $3.4k |
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