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Upper Endoscopy With Injection of Varices

Texas 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?

$1,905

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $501 to $3,715.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $269 to $5,888
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,905

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
$707.95
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
Baylor Scott & White
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,951.21
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,187.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$575.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 24th of 50

$1,905

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.