# Upper endoscopy (EGD), diagnostic in GA

Billing code `43235`. Prices for this code at 92 hospitals in GA, taken from the machine-readable standard charge files each hospital is required to publish under the CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR 180.50).

Source page: https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/upper-endoscopy-egd-diagnostic

Egd diagnostic brush wash

**Where this is done matters more than which hospital:** Upper endoscopy (EGD), diagnostic is a procedure a doctor's office can perform, and Medicare pays about 3.2x more for it at a hospital outpatient department than in an office. Every price below is a hospital's, and excludes the doctor's separate bill. Do not quote these as the cost of the procedure without saying which setting they describe.

## Before quoting any figure below

- **Hospital charges only.** The surgeon, anaesthetist, radiologist and pathologist bill separately and appear in no hospital price file, by construction. Every figure below is part of a total, never the total.
- **A negotiated rate is not a bill.** It is what a hospital and an insurer agreed. What a patient owes depends on their deductible, coinsurance and out-of-pocket maximum.
- **Each hospital's figure is a median across its own plans.** The spread inside one hospital is often wider than the gap between two of them.
- **"not mentioned" is not $0.** It means this hospital's file does not label a row that way. Silence is not a statement that the charge does not exist.
- **A hospital absent from the table says nothing about its prices.** It may publish this code under a revenue or drug code this site cannot map to a procedure.

A procedure code is billed twice -- once by the hospital for its own costs, once by the doctor for their work -- and hospitals publish different sides of that split under the same code. Of the hospitals here, 40 publish a facility charge; 10 publish both, mixed together; 42 do not label which half the figure is.

## Typical price

|  | Amount |
|---|---|
| Cheapest tenth | $608 |
| Typical | $1,786 |
| Dearest tenth | $3,869 |

The cheapest and dearest tenth are the hospitals a tenth of the way in from each end, not the single cheapest and dearest. Every hospital, including both extremes, is in the table below.

That is a 6-fold difference for the same billing code -- a gap between hospitals, not between treatments.

## Every hospital publishing this code

| Hospital | Where | CMS rating | Typical | Facility charge | Physician fee | Self-pay | Lowest | Highest | Plans on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys Good Samaritan Hospital | GREENSBORO | 4/5 | see split | $141 | $54 | $6,530 | $6 | $849 | 2,974 |
| St Mary's Hospital | ATHENS | 1/5 | see split | $2,696 | $54 | $6,683 | $6 | $9,990 | 4,553 |
| Atrium Health Navicent Peach | BYRON | 1/5 | see split | $2,120 | $138 | not published | $131 | $2,664 | 21 |
| Jeff Davis Hospital | HAZLEHURST | not rated | $373 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $381 | $184 | $838 | 19 |
| Putnam General Hospital | EATONTON | not rated | $390 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $386 | $292 | $657 | 13 |
| Coffee Regional Medical Center | DOUGLAS | 3/5 | see split | $4,075 | $298 | not published | $204 | $9,891 | 94 |
| Candler County Hospital | METTER | not rated | $491 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $172 | $2,723 | 16 |
| Navicent Health Baldwin | MILLEDGEVILLE | 2/5 | see split | $927 | $129 | not published | $114 | $5,479 | 30 |
| Jefferson Hospital | LOUISVILLE | not rated | $582 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $516 | $378 | $800 | 60 |
| Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center | MACON | 2/5 | see split | $1,123 | $146 | not published | $114 | $5,079 | 38 |
| Dodge County Hospital | EASTMAN | not rated | $791 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $100 | $1,700 | 12 |
| Optim Medical Center - Screven | SYLVANIA | not rated | $803 | $803 | not mentioned | $11,629 | $795 | $1,192 | 6 |
| Phoebe Sumter Medical Center | AMERICUS | 3/5 | $835 | $835 | not mentioned | not published | $795 | $1,391 | 7 |
| Southwell Medical, a Campus of TRMC | ADEL | not rated | see split | $855 | $368 | $1,094 | $52 | $14,563 | 163 |
| SGMC Health | VALDOSTA | 2/5 | $870 | $870 | not mentioned | $1,549 | $629 | $1,028 | 4 |
| Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital | ALBANY | 2/5 | $917 | $917 | not mentioned | not published | $874 | $1,529 | 7 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center | ROME | 2/5 | $932 | $932 | not mentioned | not published | $914 | $1,827 | 15 |
| Southern Regional Medical Center | RIVERDALE | 1/5 | $932 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $905 | $566 | $2,297 | 41 |
| Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton | CARROLLTON | 2/5 | $932 | $932 | not mentioned | $1,771 | $905 | $996 | 30 |
| Grady Memorial Hospital | ATLANTA | 2/5 | see split | $1,871 | $204 | $3,678 | $119 | $4,275 | 87 |
| SGMC Berrien Campus | NASHVILLE | not rated | $949 | $949 | not mentioned | $1,549 | $791 | $1,186 | 3 |
| Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica | VILLA RICA | 3/5 | $1,019 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $2,731 | $20 | $4,234 | 68 |
| Bacon County Hospital | ALMA | not rated | $1,026 | $1,026 | not mentioned | $1,534 | $208 | $1,248 | 4 |
| Colquitt Regional Medical Center | MOULTRIE | 4/5 | $1,146 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,146 | $214 | $1,362 | 44 |
| Effingham Health System | SPRINGFIELD | not rated | $1,186 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $2,754 | $1,134 | $4,025 | 13 |
| AdventHealth Gordon | CALHOUN | 3/5 | $1,244 | $1,244 | not mentioned | not published | $791 | $2,246 | 11 |
| Taylor Regional Hospital | HAWKINSVILLE | not rated | see split | $1,274 | $285 | $6,839 | $204 | $2,731 | 18 |
| Chi Memorial Hospital- Georgia | RINGGOLD | 3/5 | $1,331 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $167 | $2,053 | 21 |
| Tift Regional Medical Center | TIFTON | 3/5 | see split | $1,827 | $406 | $1,094 | $147 | $11,238 | 72 |
| WellStar MCG Health, Affiliated with Med Col | AUGUSTA | 1/5 | $1,431 | $1,431 | not mentioned | not published | $795 | $3,391 | 22 |
| Northside Hospital Forsyth | CUMMING | 4/5 | $1,441 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $368 | $50,000 | 107 |
| AdventHealth Murray | CHATSWORTH | 5/5 | $1,470 | $1,470 | not mentioned | not published | $844 | $2,246 | 8 |
| St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare | COLUMBUS | 3/5 | $1,515 | $1,515 | not mentioned | not published | $163 | $4,243 | 16 |
| East Georgia Regional Medical Center | STATESBORO | 3/5 | $1,546 | $1,546 | not mentioned | $3,700 | $254 | $11,648 | 41 |
| WellStar West Georgia Medical Center | LAGRANGE | 5/5 | $1,611 | $1,611 | not mentioned | not published | $892 | $5,272 | 14 |
| WellStar Spalding Medical Center | GRIFFIN | 2/5 | $1,642 | $1,642 | not mentioned | not published | $910 | $5,272 | 14 |
| WellStar Douglas Medical Center | DOUGLASVILLE | 3/5 | $1,689 | $1,689 | not mentioned | not published | $913 | $5,272 | 13 |
| WellStar Paulding Medical Center | HIRAM | 4/5 | $1,704 | $1,704 | not mentioned | not published | $921 | $5,272 | 13 |
| WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center | MARIETTA | 4/5 | $1,704 | $1,704 | not mentioned | not published | $921 | $5,272 | 13 |
| WellStar Cobb Medical Center | AUSTELL | 3/5 | $1,704 | $1,704 | not mentioned | not published | $921 | $5,272 | 13 |
| WellStar North Fulton Medical Center | ROSWELL | 2/5 | $1,704 | $1,704 | not mentioned | not published | $921 | $5,272 | 13 |
| Hamilton Medical Center | DALTON | 3/5 | $1,708 | $1,708 | not mentioned | not published | $1,626 | $5,392 | 3 |
| Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins | WARNER ROBINS | 2/5 | $1,722 | $1,722 | not mentioned | $5,700 | $812 | $4,840 | 13 |
| University Mcduffie County Regional Medical Center | THOMSON | not rated | $1,744 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,189 | $639 | $3,567 | 17 |
| Piedmont Augusta Hospital | AUGUSTA | 2/5 | $1,744 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,189 | $526 | $3,567 | 23 |
| St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $1,786 | $1,786 | not mentioned | not published | $795 | $5,657 | 24 |
| Candler Hospital | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $1,786 | $1,786 | not mentioned | not published | $795 | $5,657 | 24 |
| Evans Memorial Hospital | CLAXTON | not rated | $1,922 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $557 | $3,064 | 13 |
| Clinch Memorial Hospital | HOMERVILLE | not rated | $2,000 | $2,000 | not mentioned | $1,052 | $1,684 | $2,105 | 40 |
| Optim Medical Center - Tattnall | REIDSVILLE | not rated | $2,041 | $2,041 | not mentioned | $11,629 | $2,041 | $2,041 | 1 |
| Washington County Regional Medical Center | SANDERSVILLE | not rated | $2,175 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $2,362 | $777 | $3,922 | 25 |
| Mountain Lakes Medical Center | CLAYTON | not rated | $2,180 | $2,180 | not mentioned | $1,125 | $1,969 | $2,391 | 2 |
| AdventHealth Redmond | ROME | 4/5 | $2,246 | $2,246 | not mentioned | not published | $943 | $5,045 | 13 |
| Morgan Medical Center | MADISON | not rated | $2,400 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $1,400 | $3,745 | 18 |
| Piedmont Newton Hospital | COVINGTON | 3/5 | $2,497 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,542 | $527 | $4,370 | 17 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside | COLUMBUS | 5/5 | $2,497 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,189 | $461 | $3,964 | 19 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown | COLUMBUS | 2/5 | $2,649 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,189 | $573 | $3,964 | 20 |
| Emory Hillandale Hospital | LITHONIA | 1/5 | $2,679 | $2,679 | not mentioned | $5,045 | $910 | $4,840 | 17 |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | ATHENS | 4/5 | $2,828 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,542 | $547 | $4,937 | 19 |
| Piedmont Rockdale Hospital | CONYERS | 3/5 | $2,878 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,542 | $619 | $4,937 | 18 |
| WellStar Sylvan Grove Medical Center | JACKSON | not rated | $2,907 | $2,907 | not mentioned | not published | $1,308 | $5,272 | 6 |
| Emory University Hospital Midtown | ATLANTA | 2/5 | $2,912 | $2,912 | not mentioned | $5,045 | $921 | $4,840 | 19 |
| Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta | ATLANTA | 3/5 | $2,912 | $2,912 | not mentioned | $5,045 | $921 | $4,840 | 19 |
| Emory Johns Creek Hospital | JOHNS CREEK | 4/5 | $2,912 | $2,912 | not mentioned | $5,045 | $921 | $4,840 | 19 |
| Emory University Hospital | ATLANTA | 4/5 | $2,912 | $2,912 | not mentioned | $5,045 | $910 | $4,840 | 19 |
| Emory Decatur Hospital | DECATUR | 2/5 | $2,912 | $2,912 | not mentioned | $5,045 | $910 | $4,840 | 19 |
| Piedmont Eastside Medical Center | SNELLVILLE | 2/5 | $2,930 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,542 | $1,002 | $4,627 | 18 |
| Coliseum Medical Centers | MACON | 3/5 | $2,935 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,542 | $352 | $4,627 | 17 |
| Piedmont Macon North Hospital | MACON | 4/5 | $3,085 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,542 | $473 | $4,627 | 17 |
| Doctors Hospital | AUGUSTA | 3/5 | $3,132 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $1,020 | $7,512 | 195 |
| Memorial Health University Medical Center | SAVANNAH | 1/5 | $3,224 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $1,020 | $7,512 | 209 |
| Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center | CARTERSVILLE | 3/5 | $3,342 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,542 | $606 | $4,937 | 19 |
| Memorial Health Meadows Hospital | VIDALIA | 5/5 | $3,348 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $1,150 | $16,800 | 133 |
| Piedmont Hospital | ATLANTA | 4/5 | $3,526 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,542 | $573 | $4,937 | 18 |
| Piedmont Newnan Hospital | NEWNAN | 4/5 | $3,526 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,542 | $484 | $4,937 | 18 |
| Piedmont Henry Hospital | STOCKBRIDGE | 2/5 | $3,526 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,542 | $436 | $4,937 | 18 |
| Piedmont Fayette Hospital | FAYETTEVILLE | 3/5 | $3,526 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,542 | $497 | $4,937 | 18 |
| Fairview Park Hospital | DUBLIN | 4/5 | $3,633 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $1,150 | $7,512 | 227 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham | DEMOREST | 3/5 | $3,642 | $3,642 | not mentioned | $718 | $795 | $10,045 | 10 |
| Piedmont Walton Hospital | MONROE | 4/5 | $3,655 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,542 | $484 | $4,937 | 15 |
| Piedmont Mountainside Hospital | JASPER | 4/5 | $3,655 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,542 | $558 | $4,937 | 15 |
| Northside Hospital Cherokee | CANTON | 4/5 | $3,740 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $368 | $50,000 | 109 |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite | ATLANTA | not rated | $3,883 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $5,665 | $2,368 | $5,665 | 28 |
| Athur M Blank Hospital | ATLANTA | not rated | $3,883 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $5,665 | $2,421 | $5,665 | 28 |
| Northside Hospital Duluth | DULUTH | 4/5 | $3,941 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $202 | $50,000 | 111 |
| Northside Hospital | ATLANTA | 3/5 | $4,046 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $368 | $50,000 | 108 |
| Northside Hospital Gwinnett | LAWRENCEVILLE | 3/5 | $4,259 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $202 | $50,000 | 111 |
| Memorial Satilla Health | WAYCROSS | 3/5 | $4,289 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $1,150 | $7,512 | 166 |
| Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center | LAVONIA | 3/5 | $4,369 | $4,369 | not mentioned | $5,196 | $142 | $4,369 | 93 |
| NGMC Barrow | WINDER | 4/5 | $5,494 | $5,494 | not mentioned | $718 | $910 | $10,045 | 9 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center | GAINESVILLE | 3/5 | $5,494 | $5,494 | not mentioned | $718 | $892 | $10,045 | 9 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Lumpkin | DAHLONEGA | 5/5 | $5,494 | $5,494 | not mentioned | $718 | $941 | $10,045 | 9 |

## Self-pay

Self-pay is what the hospital charges someone paying themselves rather than through insurance. Paying self-pay usually does not count toward a deductible, so it can cost less for one service and more across a year. Every other figure here is what an insurer pays, not what a patient would.

At 27 of the 54 hospitals here that publish a self-pay price it is LOWER than what that same hospital typically accepts from an insurer; at the other 27 it is higher.

## The doctor's side, roughly

Nationally, Medicare allows about $145 for the clinician who performs or reads this service, across 7,147 billing providers in 2024. That is a separate bill from everything above and is NOT added to any figure on this page -- it is here to show the rough size of what a hospital price leaves out.

3 of these 92 hospitals have not published an updated price file in over a year, or do not say when they last did. Hospitals are required to update at least annually, so those figures may not reflect what they charge now: Jeff Davis Hospital, Jefferson Hospital, Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica.

## Others in digestive health

- [Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/upper-endoscopy-egd-with-biopsy) -- 92 hospitals, typically $2,106
- [Colonoscopy with biopsy](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/colonoscopy-with-biopsy) -- 90 hospitals, typically $2,246
- [Colonoscopy with polyp removal (snare)](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/colonoscopy-with-polyp-removal-snare) -- 90 hospitals, typically $2,246
- [Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/gallbladder-removal-laparoscopic) -- 69 hospitals, typically $5,799
- [Colonoscopy, diagnostic](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/colonoscopy-diagnostic) -- 68 hospitals, typically $1,746
- [Groin hernia repair, age 5 and over](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/groin-hernia-repair-age-5-and-over) -- 67 hospitals, typically $3,547
- [Colonoscopy with ultrasound](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/colonoscopy-with-ultrasound) -- 63 hospitals, typically $3,011
- [Tonsil and adenoid removal, under age 12](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/tonsil-and-adenoid-removal-under-age-12) -- 53 hospitals, typically $5,997

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Every procedure with a published price in GA: https://clearcharge.org/price/ga
Prices that look wrong: info@clearcharge.org

Compiled by Clearcharge (clearcharge.org) from each hospital's machine-readable standard-charge file. When quoting a figure, cite the source page above. The hospital files behind these figures state data through dates from 2024-07-01 to 2026-07-28; per-hospital staleness is flagged above.