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Upper endoscopy with esophagus stretching in Iowa: what insurers pay

Posted commercial rates at 29 Iowa hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.

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CPT 43249

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Monroe County Hospital Albia$1,0650.6×22026-03-17
Kossuth Regional Health Center Algona$1,2210.7×12026-07-16
Clarinda Regional Health Center Clarinda$1,4680.8×12026-07-13
Adair County Memorial Hospital Greenfield$1,8591.0×22026-09-02
Hancock County Health System Britt$1,8921.0×12026-06-30
Orange City Area Health System Orange City$1,9121.0×12026-09-23
Mercyone Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls$1,9601.1×222026-03-31
Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center Mason City$1,9601.1×172026-03-31
Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo$1,9601.1×182026-03-31
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center Clinton$1,9601.1×202026-03-31
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines$1,9601.1×202026-03-31
Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic$2,2211.2×12026-06-01
Chi Health - Mercy Corning Corning$2,3211.3×102026-02-28
Chi Health Missouri Valley Missouri Valley$2,3211.2×112026-02-28
Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee$2,4921.4×42025-11-19
Floyd County Medical Center Charles City$2,7731.5×32025-11-19
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Council Bluffs$2,9101.5×52026-02-15
Mercyone Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque$2,9871.6×52026-03-31
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And Clinics West Union$3,1161.7×22026-06-27
Madison County Health Care System Winterset$3,1951.7×32026-09-23
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs$3,2621.7×62026-02-28
Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown$3,3341.8×12026-01-28
Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines$3,7322.0×22026-09-01
Finley Hospital Dubuque$3,7322.0×42026-01-28
Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf$4,1062.2×32026-01-28
Allen Hospital Waterloo$4,2122.3×32026-01-28
Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge$4,6592.5×32026-01-28
Trinity Muscatine Muscatine$5,1802.8×22026-01-28
Ottumwa Regional Health Center Ottumwa$5,8233.2×32026-07-23

CPT 43248

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Mercyone Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls$9271.1×222026-03-31
Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo$9271.1×182026-03-31
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines$9271.1×202026-03-31
Monroe County Hospital Albia$9741.1×22026-03-17
Chi Health - Mercy Corning Corning$1,1551.3×102026-02-28
Chi Health Missouri Valley Missouri Valley$1,1551.2×112026-02-28
Clarinda Regional Health Center Clarinda$1,3681.6×12026-07-13
Floyd County Medical Center Charles City$1,3701.6×32025-11-19
Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic$1,4011.6×12026-06-01
Trinity Muscatine Muscatine$1,4901.7×42026-01-28
Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee$1,5021.7×42025-11-19
Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown$1,6481.9×12026-01-28
Finley Hospital Dubuque$1,6841.9×62026-01-28
Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines$1,7642.0×22026-09-01
Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf$2,0292.3×32026-01-28
Allen Hospital Waterloo$2,0822.4×32026-01-28
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And Clinics West Union$2,0822.4×22026-06-27
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Council Bluffs$2,1092.3×52026-02-15
Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge$2,3032.6×32026-01-28
Ottumwa Regional Health Center Ottumwa$2,7523.2×32026-07-23
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs$3,2623.5×62026-02-28

Questions

How much do insurers pay for upper endoscopy with esophagus stretching in Iowa?

29 Iowa hospitals post usable commercial rates for upper endoscopy with esophagus stretching in their federal price-transparency files. For CPT 43249, hospital outpatient, the median across 29 hospitals is $2,492, 1.4× each hospital's local Medicare base rate. Your share depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance; the surgeon and anesthesia bill separately.