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Upper Endoscopy With Injection of Varices

Washington 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?

$646

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $457 to $4,786.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $324 to $8,128
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $646

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
$436.52
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$17,782.79
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,454.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$467.74
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,230.27
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 36th of 50

$646

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.