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Upper Endoscopy With Injection of Varices

Alabama rates for HCPCS 43243

A flexible lighted scope is passed through the mouth into the esophagus, stomach, and the first part of the small intestine, and a sealing medicine is injected into swollen veins called varices. Sealing them stops bleeding, or prevents a vein that has already bled from bleeding again. The person is sedated throughout.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Upper Endoscopy With Injection of Varices cost?

$1,514

Typical facility fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,122 to $1,905.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,455
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 28.8 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alabama· 30th of 50

$1,514

IN $6,761WV $234

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.