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
ESOPHAGOSCOPY, RIGID, TRANSORAL; WITH INSERTION OF GUIDE WIRE FOLLOWED BY DILATION OVER GUIDE WIRE
Pittsburgh, PA
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UPMC Presbyterian’s median price of $996 is 55% below the median hospital's median price ($2.2k), higher than 18% of the 1,549 hospitals reporting CPT 43196. 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, 13 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 | Highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $148 | $148 | — | — | — | $148 – $148 |
| 2 | MultiPlan worker's compensation facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $355 | $355 | — | — | — | $355 – $355 |
| 3 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $367 | $367 | — | — | — | $367 – $367 |
| 4 | Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $491 | $491 | — | — | — | $491 – $491 |
| 5 | Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $753 | $753 | — | — | — | $753 – $753 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare pa chip/pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $931 | $931 | — | — | — | $931 – $931 |
| 7 | Highmark upmc emergent facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $983 | $983 | — | — | — | $983 – $983 |
| 8 | Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.0k | $1.0k | — | — | — | $1.0k – $1.0k |
| 9 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 10 | Cigna medicare transplant facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 11 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 13 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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