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#981 of 11K

43235

Upper GI endoscopy, diagnostic, including collection

Upper GI endoscopy, diagnostic, including collection is the #981 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $51.6M in payments across 203K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $114.30. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $485.99 per claim, 4.3× the median.

Total Paid

$51.6M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

203K

Providers

875

Avg Cost/Claim

$255

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 43235? Based on 858 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$114.30

Average

$207.30

Std Dev

$227.97

Max

$2,273.62

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$41.91
p25
$62.33
Median
$114.30
p75
$296.78
p90
$485.99
p95
$608.07
p99
$1,001.72

50% of providers bill between $62.33 and $296.78 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $41.91 and $485.99.

Top 1% bill above $1,001.72.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 43235 (Upper GI endoscopy, diagnostic, including collection) was billed by 875 providers across 203K claims, totaling $51.6M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 186K unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$114.30

Providers Billing

858

National Spending

$51.6M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.81×

Moderately skewed

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 43235

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Boston Medical Center Corporation

Boston, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$3.0M
2Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority

Richmond, VA · General Acute Care Hospital

$2.1M
3Umass Memorial Medical Center, Inc.

Worcester, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$2.0M
4Rector & Visitors Of The University Of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA · General Acute Care Hospital

$1.9M
5The Cooper Health System

Camden, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$1.1M
6Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven, CT · General Acute Care Hospital

$1.0M
7The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, OH · General Acute Care Hospital

$1.0M
8Baystate Medical Center Inc

Springfield, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$982K
9Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix

Phoenix, AZ · Clinic/Center, Sleep Disorder Diagnostic

$905K
10The General Hospital Corporation

Boston, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$832K
11Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.

Boston, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$796K
12Pine Ridge Indian Health Service Hospital

Pine Ridge, SD · General Acute Care Hospital

$777K
13University Of Kentucky

Lexington, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$762K
14Unm Hospital

Albuquerque, NM · General Acute Care Hospital

$694K
15Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY · General Acute Care Hospital

$676K
161558392563$632K
171215139233$601K
181619163854$593K
19Carilion Medical Center

Roanoke, VA · General Acute Care Hospital

$577K
20Regents Of The University Of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI · Clinic/Center, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment

$540K

Showing top 20 of 875 providers billing this code