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.
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HC EGD OPTICAL ENDOMICROSCOP
La Mesa, CA
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Grossmont Hospital Corporation’s median price of $2.4k is 5% above the median hospital's median price ($2.3k), higher than 54% 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: 10 payers, 27 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 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - hmo fee schedule · inpatient | $67.89 | $67.89 | $67.89 – $67.89 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $122.20 | $122.20 | $122.20 – $122.20 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - standard fee schedule · inpatient | $135.12 | $135.12 | $135.12 – $135.12 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - standard fee schedule · outpatient | $243.21 | $243.21 | $243.21 – $243.21 |
| 5 | Aetna aetna - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $307.85 | $307.85 | $307.85 – $307.85 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - mcs fee schedule · outpatient | $625.89 | $625.89 | $625.89 – $625.89 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $625.89 | $625.89 | $625.89 – $625.89 |
| 8 | Kaiser kaiser - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $730.65 | $730.65 | $730.65 – $730.65 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,447 | $1,447 | $1,447 – $1,447 |
| 10 | Cigna cigna - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,486 | $1,486 | $1,486 – $1,486 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,656 | $1,656 | $1,656 – $1,656 |
| 12 | Aetna aetna - ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,236 | $2,236 | $2,236 – $2,236 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - mcs percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,392 | $2,392 | $2,392 – $2,392 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - promise percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,436 | $2,436 | $2,436 – $2,436 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,679 | $2,679 | $2,679 – $2,679 |
| 16 | Medicaid medi-cal percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,679 | $2,679 | $2,679 – $2,679 |
| 17 | Humana choice care network percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,752 | $2,752 | $2,752 – $2,752 |
| 18 | Cigna cigna - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,264 | $3,264 | $3,264 – $3,264 |
| 19 | Aetna aetna whole health percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,410 | $3,410 | $3,410 – $3,410 |
| 20 | MultiPlan multiplan percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,410 | $3,410 | $3,410 – $3,410 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,653 | $3,653 | $3,653 – $3,653 |
| 22 | Molina molina - exchange percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,653 | $3,653 | $3,653 – $3,653 |
| 23 | Cigna cigna - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,897 | $3,897 | $3,897 – $3,897 |
| 24 | Medicare medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,897 | $3,897 | $3,897 – $3,897 |
| 25 | Aetna first health - leased/ccn percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4,384 | $4,384 | $4,384 – $4,384 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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