CMS Price Transparency Data

Upper endoscopy with biopsy

Facility: Essentia Health

Billing Code: 43239 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$939

about 1.0× the $927 Medicare rate · typically $891–$939

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$938

About the fair price

about $1 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $927 Fair price $939 This hospital $938 Cash price $2,322 Hospital's list price $3,096

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How this hospital compares to other ND hospitals

A typical price — 3 charge more and 5 charge less, among the 9 ND hospitals compared.

Cheapest $280 Priciest $1,203

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

A fair price for a Upper endoscopy with biopsy is about $939 (about 1.0× the $927 Medicare rate). Essentia Health charges insurers about $938, or about $2,322 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Fargo, ND.

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✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$938 - $2,468	101%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$938 - $2,090	101%
Aetnamajor	$2,632	284%
Cignamajor	$2,074	224%
HealthPartners	$938 - $2,074	101%
Medica	$830 - $1,963	90%
Sanford Health Plan	$1,328 - $1,660	143%
Security Health Plan	$938	101%
UCare	$938 - $2,037	101%
+ 11 smaller / regional plans	$874 - $2,384

Government programs also on file: Medicare.

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 2,322), 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 Essentia 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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