CMS Price Transparency Data

Upper endoscopy with biopsy

Facility: Windom Area Health

Billing Code: 43239 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$363

about 0.4× the $927 Medicare rate · typically $128–$1,226

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$127

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $236 under the fair price · 0.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $927 Fair price $363 This hospital $127 Cash price $2,011 Hospital's list price $2,958

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How this hospital compares to other MN hospitals

One of the lower prices — 6 of 8 other MN hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $118 Priciest $262

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MN 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 $363 (about 0.4× the $927 Medicare rate). Windom Area Health charges insurers about $127, or about $2,011 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Windom, MN.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Humana CignaKaiser 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	$127 - $2,420	14%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$127 - $3,458	14%
Aetnamajor	$127 - $1,302	14%
Humanamajor	$127 - $1,302	14%
HealthPartners	$492 - $2,514	53%
Medica	$127 - $2,769	14%
Sanford Health Plan	$1,775 - $2,810	192%
UCare	$127 - $1,302	14%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$127 - $2,751

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 2,011), 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 Windom Area Health 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 Windom Area Health

Compare: Upper endoscopy with biopsy at other MN hospitals

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