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
Microscopic exam of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope
Tehachapi, CA
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Adventist Health Medical Center Tehachapi’s median price of $178 is 92% below the median hospital's median price ($2.3k), higher than 3% of the 1,531 hospitals reporting CPT 43252. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 5 payers, 10 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non-mcs- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $75.60 | $75.60 | $75.60 – $75.60 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield fee schedule · outpatient | $151.24 | $151.24 | $151.24 – $151.24 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $151.24 | $151.24 | $151.24 – $151.24 |
| 4 | Aetna aetna-all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $167.38 | $167.38 | $167.38 – $167.38 |
| 5 | Oscar oscar health plan- all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $173.93 | $173.93 | $173.93 – $173.93 |
| 6 | Cigna cigna- all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $196.83 | $196.83 | $196.83 – $196.83 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $222.31 | $222.31 | $222.31 – $222.31 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll csp fee schedule · outpatient | $222.31 | $222.31 | $222.31 – $222.31 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $567.25 | $567.25 | $567.25 – $567.25 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield non-epn fee schedule · outpatient | $599.46 | $599.46 | $599.46 – $599.46 |
Last updated: May 21, 2026
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