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Upper endoscopy with biopsy in Chicago, IL-IN costs $184 to $4,105. Here's every hospital's price.

14 hospitals in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area publish a cash price for upper endoscopy with biopsy (CPT 43239). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, 14 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy with biopsy (CPT 43239). The lowest is $184 at Humboldt Park Health, the median is $1,309 and the highest is $4,105 at Northwest Health - Porter. The most expensive hospital lists 22 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Chicago, IL-IN median of $1,309 is 7% below the national median of $1,402 across 335 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

31 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $58 to $14,756. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.

The files behind these prices are dated between November 2025 and August 2026. 50 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.

$184
lowest cash price in Chicago, IL-IN
Humboldt Park Health · 12 mi
$1,125 below the median
$1,309
median cash price
14 hospitals
22×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
14/82
hospitals with a cash price
50 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Humboldt Park Health

Chicago · 12 mi · File Aug 2026

$184
list $656
2
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers

Morris · 40 mi · File Jun 2026

$266
list $1,105
3
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial Hospital

Melrose Park · 10 mi · File Mar 2026

$652
list $3,434 · lowest of 4 lines
4
Loyola University Medical Center

Maywood · 7 mi · File Mar 2026

$790
list $3,434 · lowest of 4 lines
5
OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center

Evergreen Park · 8 mi · File Mar 2026

$806
list $1,344 · lowest of 6 lines
6
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics

Chicago · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$1,154
list $3,848 · lowest of 3 lines
7
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - Chicago

Chicago · 16 mi · File Jan 2026

$1,309
list $3,966 · lowest of 7 lines
8
Jackson Park Hospital

Chicago · 13 mi · File Dec 2025

$2,171
list $2,714
9
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago

Chicago · 15 mi · File Apr 2026

$2,269
list $3,241 · lowest of 2 lines
10
The University of Chicago Medical Center

Chicago · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$2,569
list $2,569 · lowest of 8 lines
11
Northwestern Medicine Mchenry

Mchenry · 45 mi · File Apr 2026

$3,218
list $4,597 · lowest of 2 lines
12
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community Hospital

Geneva · 27 mi · File Apr 2026

$3,218
list $4,597 · lowest of 4 lines
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 43239. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

Cash vs. insured

Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.

3

What to say on the phone

"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 43239, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About upper endoscopy with biopsy

CPT 43239 is an upper endoscopy (EGD) in which tissue samples are taken from the esophagus, stomach or duodenum. It is the usual code when the exam is done to check for celiac disease, H. pylori, Barrett's esophagus or unexplained inflammation, since all of those need a sample to confirm.

What the price covers

The facility fee: the endoscopy room, nursing, the scope, biopsy forceps, sedation monitoring and recovery. Separately billed: the gastroenterologist, the anesthesia provider and the pathologist. Celiac work-ups often take four to six samples, so ask whether pathology is billed per specimen.

Related codes

  • 43235: EGD, diagnostic, no biopsy
  • 43239: EGD with biopsy (this page)

Hospitals typically price 43239 slightly above 43235. If only one is listed, it is a fair guide for the other.

Why prices vary

The spread within a metro area is usually several times. It tracks the hospital's overall pricing level, not the difficulty of the exam. Community hospitals and hospital-owned outpatient centers sit at the low end; academic medical centers at the high end.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price for 43239 including pathology?
  • How many samples are planned, and is pathology billed per sample?
  • Who provides anesthesia, and what is their cash rate?

Hospitals in Chicago, IL-IN without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

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