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
HC EGD INJECTION SCLEROSIS ESOPHGL/GASTRIC VARICES - EGD
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $4.8k is 126% above the median hospital's median price ($2.1k), higher than 93% of the 1,724 hospitals reporting CPT 43243. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 9 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 | Kaiser kaiser - rehab case rate · outpatient | $725 | $725 | — | — | — | $725 – $725 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 3 | Optum optum health - medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 4 | Aetna first health - direct percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 5 | Cigna cigna - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4.7k | $4.7k | — | — | — | $4.7k – $4.7k |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4.7k | $4.7k | — | — | — | $4.7k – $4.7k |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - promise percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4.8k | $4.8k | — | — | — | $4.8k – $4.8k |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - promise percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4.8k | $4.8k | — | — | — | $4.8k – $4.8k |
| 9 | Optum optum health - medicare percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4.8k | $4.8k | — | — | — | $4.8k – $4.8k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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