CMS Price Transparency Data

Upper endoscopy with biopsy

Facility: Sparrow Ionia Hospital

Billing Code: 43239 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$483

about 0.5× the $927 Medicare rate · typically $189–$1,229

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $927 Fair price $483 Cash price $276 Hospital's list price $735

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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	$564	61%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$218 - $927	24%
Aetnamajor	$184 - $973	20%
Cignamajor	$582	63%
Humanamajor	$193 - $595	21%
Priority Health	$927	100%
+ 8 smaller / regional plans	$184 - $655

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 276), 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 Sparrow Ionia 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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