CMS Price Transparency Data

Upper endoscopy with biopsy

Facility: Valley West Community Hospital

Billing Code: 43239 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$950

about 1.0× the $927 Medicare rate · typically $246–$2,433

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$306

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $644 under the fair price · 0.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $927 Fair price $950 This hospital $306 Cash price $6,777 Hospital's list price $9,681

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How this hospital compares to other IL hospitals

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

Cheapest $82 Priciest $306

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 $950 (about 1.0× the $927 Medicare rate). Valley West Community Hospital charges insurers about $306, or about $6,777 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Sandwich, 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	$2,308 - $4,597	249%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$306 - $3,756	33%
Aetnamajor	$1,168 - $3,186	126%
Cignamajor	$306 - $2,220	33%
Humanamajor	$873	94%
Health Net	$306	33%
HealthLink	$3,448	372%
Meridian	$306	33%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$306 - $3,907

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 2 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 6,777), 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 Valley West Community Hospital 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 Valley West Community Hospital

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