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Upper endoscopy with biopsy in New York, NY-NJ costs $261 to $7,963. Here's every hospital's price.

38 hospitals in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, 38 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy with biopsy (CPT 43239). The lowest is $261 at SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital, the median is $1,251 and the highest is $7,963 at Hudson Regional Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 31 times the cheapest for the same code.

The New York, NY-NJ median of $1,251 is 14% below the national median of $1,456 across 1011 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

49 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $120 to $20,127. 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 April 2025 and September 2026. 61 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.

$261
lowest cash price in New York, NY-NJ
SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital · 38 mi
$991 below the median
$1,251
median cash price
38 hospitals
31×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
38/110
hospitals with a cash price
61 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital

Stony Brook · 38 mi · File Jun 2026

$261
list $261 · lowest of 2 lines
2
NYU Langone Hospitals

New York · 9 mi · File Jan 2026

$278
list $1,464 · lowest of 5 lines
3
Bronxcare Hospital Center

Bronx · 8 mi · File May 2026

$394
list $394 · lowest of 6 lines
4
Kings County Hospital Center

Brooklyn · 9 mi · File Sep 2026

$927
list $360 · lowest of 3 lines
5
Bellevue Hospital Center

New York · 9 mi · File Sep 2026

$927
list $351 · lowest of 7 lines
6
Queens Hospital Center

Jamaica · 1 mi · File Sep 2026

$927
list $350 · lowest of 7 lines
7
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center

Brooklyn · 7 mi · File Sep 2026

$927
list $360 · lowest of 9 lines
8
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus

Denville · 36 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,051
list $4,354 · lowest of 6 lines
9
Saint Michael's Medical Center

Newark · 19 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,051
list $4,057
10
St Mary's General Hospital

Passaic · 19 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,072
list $3,808 · lowest of 2 lines
11
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center

Bronx · 8 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,109
list $2,648 · lowest of 3 lines
12
Jacobi Medical Center

Bronx · 9 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,109
list $3,126 · lowest of 3 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 New York, NY-NJ 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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