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#127 of 11K

43239

Upper GI endoscopy with biopsy

Upper GI endoscopy with biopsy is the #127 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $1.51B in payments across 6.0M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $151.68. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $447.20 per claim, 2.9× the median.

Total Paid

$1.51B

0.14% of all spending

Total Claims

6.0M

Providers

7K

Avg Cost/Claim

$254

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 43239? Based on 6K providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$151.68

Average

$217.93

Std Dev

$229.42

Max

$4,745.13

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$48.81
p25
$83.27
Median
$151.68
p75
$277.74
p90
$447.20
p95
$626.54
p99
$1,145.29

50% of providers bill between $83.27 and $277.74 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $48.81 and $447.20.

Top 1% bill above $1,145.29.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 43239 (Upper GI endoscopy with biopsy) was billed by 7K providers across 6.0M claims, totaling $1.51B in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 5.5M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$151.68

Providers Billing

6K

National Spending

$1.51B

Avg/Median Ratio

1.44×

Normal distribution

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 43239

#ProviderTotal Paid
1The Cooper Health System

Camden, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$16.4M
2Englewood Hospital And Medical Center

Englewood, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$7.4M
3Nyu Langone Hospitals

New York, NY · Clinic/Center, Oncology

$7.1M
4Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Inc

Newark, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$6.9M
51760476659$6.8M
6Boston Medical Center Corporation

Boston, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$6.6M
71205853041$6.3M
8Chinatown True Care Medical Pllc

New York, NY · Family Medicine

$5.8M
9Ahs Hospital Corp.

Morristown, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$5.8M
10Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

Bakersfield, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$5.7M
111376774208$5.7M
121558612762$5.4M
131588938682$5.3M
14Children's Hospital Corporation

Boston, MA · Clinic/Center

$5.3M
151780727636$5.2M
161619166097$5.2M
17The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, OH · General Acute Care Hospital

$5.2M
18Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.

Boston, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$5.1M
19St Josephs University Medical Center Inc.

Paterson, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$5.1M
20Hmh Hospitals Corporation

Hackensack, NJ · Ambulance

$5.0M

Showing top 20 of 7K providers billing this code