CMS Price Transparency Data

Upper endoscopy with biopsy

Facility: Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center

Billing Code: 43239 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$255

about 0.3× the $927 Medicare rate · typically $127–$835

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$128

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $127 under the fair price · 0.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $927 Fair price $255 This hospital $128 Cash price $702 Hospital's list price $702

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How this hospital compares to other IL hospitals

One of the lower prices — 7 of 8 other IL hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $82 Priciest $151

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 IL 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 $255 (about 0.3× the $927 Medicare rate). Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center charges insurers about $128, or about $702 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Mattoon, IL.

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	$125 - $927	13%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$363 - $793	39%
Aetnamajor	$125 - $1,005	13%
Cignamajor	$257 - $1,005	28%
Humanamajor	$125 - $128	13%
HealthLink	$246 - $961	27%
Meridian	$125	13%
Molina	$125 - $344	13%
WellCare	$125	13%
+ 17 smaller / regional plans	$114 - $1,005

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 6 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 702), 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 Sarah Bush Lincoln Health 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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Other Procedures at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center

Compare: Upper endoscopy with biopsy at other IL hospitals

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