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Upper endoscopy (EGD) in Chicago, IL-IN costs $204 to $3,588. Here's every hospital's price.

13 hospitals in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area publish a cash price for upper endoscopy (egd) (CPT 43235). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, 13 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy (egd) (CPT 43235). The lowest is $204 at Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers, the median is $2,020 and the highest is $3,588 at Northwest Health - Porter. The most expensive hospital lists 18 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Chicago, IL-IN median of $2,020 is 55% above the national median of $1,307 across 342 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

31 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $51 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.

$204
lowest cash price in Chicago, IL-IN
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers · 40 mi
$1,815 below the median
$2,020
median cash price
13 hospitals
18×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
13/82
hospitals with a cash price
50 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers

Morris · 40 mi · File Jun 2026

$204
list $848 · lowest of 2 lines
2
Humboldt Park Health

Chicago · 12 mi · File Aug 2026

$299
list $1,068
3
OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center

Evergreen Park · 8 mi · File Mar 2026

$544
list $907 · lowest of 9 lines
4
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial Hospital

Melrose Park · 10 mi · File Mar 2026

$583
list $3,070 · lowest of 4 lines
5
Loyola University Medical Center

Maywood · 7 mi · File Mar 2026

$706
list $3,070 · lowest of 4 lines
6
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics

Chicago · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$804
list $2,680 · lowest of 6 lines
7
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago

Chicago · 15 mi · File Apr 2026

$2,020
list $2,885 · lowest of 2 lines
8
The University of Chicago Medical Center

Chicago · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$2,216
list $2,216 · lowest of 10 lines
9
Jackson Park Hospital

Chicago · 13 mi · File Dec 2025

$2,249
list $2,811
10
Northwestern Medicine Mchenry

Mchenry · 45 mi · File Apr 2026

$2,743
list $3,919 · lowest of 2 lines
11
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community Hospital

Geneva · 27 mi · File Apr 2026

$2,743
list $3,919 · lowest of 4 lines
12
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital

Dekalb · 47 mi · File Apr 2026

$2,743
list $3,919 · lowest of 4 lines
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 43235. 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 43235, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About upper endoscopy (egd)

An upper endoscopy, or EGD (esophagogastroduodenoscopy), passes a thin camera through the mouth to look at the esophagus, stomach and the first part of the small intestine. CPT 43235 is the diagnostic version with no biopsy. It takes about 15 minutes under sedation and is done for reflux, swallowing problems, unexplained pain or bleeding.

What the price covers

The hospital's price is the facility fee for the endoscopy unit: room, nursing, scope, sedation monitoring and recovery. The gastroenterologist and the anesthesia provider bill separately. If a sample is taken the code becomes 43239 and pathology is added.

Why prices vary

An EGD is one of the most variable codes in hospital price files. Large systems and academic centers commonly list gross charges several times higher than community hospitals, and cash discounts range from 20 to 70 percent. Freestanding endoscopy centers, which do not publish these files, are often the cheapest option of all.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price for 43235, and does it include the physician and anesthesia?
  • What will it cost if a biopsy is taken (43239)?
  • Is the procedure done in the hospital or in a hospital-owned outpatient center, and are the prices the same?

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.

Questions people ask