CMS Price Transparency Data

Upper endoscopy with biopsy

Facility: Western Arizona Regional Medical Center

Billing Code: 43239 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$960

about 1.0× the $927 Medicare rate · typically $345–$2,009

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$1,071

About the fair price

about $111 over the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $927 Fair price $960 This hospital $1,071 Cash price $5,195 Hospital's list price $43,288

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How this hospital compares to other AZ hospitals

Highest price of the 9 AZ hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $125 Priciest $1,071

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 AZ hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Upper endoscopy with biopsy is about $960 (about 1.0× the $927 Medicare rate). Western Arizona Regional Medical Center charges insurers about $1,071, or about $5,195 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Bullhead City, AZ.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$2,591 - $30,431	280%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,577 - $8,658	278%
Aetnamajor	$1,071 - $26,708	116%
Cignamajor	$18,700	2018%
Humanamajor	$1,020	110%
Banner Health	$1,071	116%
Devoted Health	$1,071	116%
Health Net	$1,051	113%
+ 14 smaller / regional plans	$799 - $21,644

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 5 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 5,195), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 43239.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Western Arizona Regional Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 43239.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.