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
Balloon dilation of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope, less than 3.0 cm
Spearfish, SD
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Monument Health Network Inc’s median price of $2.3k is 10% above the median hospital's median price ($2.1k), higher than 58% of the 2,293 hospitals reporting CPT 43249. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 4 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 | Medica medica mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $133 | $133 | — | — | — | $133 – $133 |
| 2 | Wellmark bcbs wellmark mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $133 | $133 | — | — | — | $133 – $133 |
| 3 | Medica medica mcaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $931 | $931 | — | — | 1–10 | $931 – $931 |
| 4 | Medica medica mcr adv percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv other · outpatient | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare uhc - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 7 | Medica medica commercial - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | 1–10 | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 8 | MultiPlan multiplan/phcs - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | — | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 9 | Wellmark bcbs wellmark mcr adv other · outpatient | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 10 | Wellmark bcbs wellmark - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $5.0k | $5.0k | — | — | — | $5.0k – $5.0k |
Last updated: Sep 1, 2026
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