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 Egd Balloon Dilation Esophagus <30 Mm Diam
Based on 30,598–59,119 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$2
Average
$2.7k
Median
$2.4k
High
$23.5k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $3.4k | $5.2k | $5.1k | 99% | 6,249–6,258 | $409 – $16.9k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $1.5k | $4.3k | $4.4k | 102% | 2,590–2,653 | $320 – $13.5k |
| 3 | Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital Sandwich, IL | $2.7k | $4.9k | $4.3k | 88% | 1,822–1,840 | $113 – $14.4k |
| 4 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN | $5.6k | $4.6k | $1.5k | 34% | 1,302–1,806 | $130 – $8.7k |
| 5 | St Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center, LTD Twin Falls, ID | $3.0k | $3.2k | $1.1k | 36% | 698–851 | $1.7k – $5.8k |
| 6 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $1.4k | $1.7k | $1.5k | 88% | 583–1,177 | $92 – $5.8k |
| 7 | Corning Hospital Corning, NY | $2.2k | $3.3k | $2.6k | 78% | 579–651 | $512 – $8.3k |
| 8 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO | $1.9k | $1.6k | $681 | 42% | 445–535 | $129 – $3.6k |
| 9 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO | $1.9k | $1.6k | $681 | 42% | 445–535 | $129 – $3.6k |
| 10 | St Elizabeths Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis O'Fallon, IL | $3.2k | $3.3k | $1.6k | 50% | 380–668 | $836 – $7.2k |
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