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Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $1,815 per procedure at 1,991 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $1,651 and $1,880.

Also known as: Upper endoscopy, EGD

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case
$1,815
Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
$1,651–$1,880
Medicare’s share
$1,44580% of the payment
Average billed charge
$13,589
Hospitals reporting
1,991208,333 procedures

Hospitals in District of Columbia

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Location
District of Columbia
Specific hospitals up to 10
Average payment across these 5 hospitals
$1,918National $1,815 · District of Columbia $1,918
Median hospital
$1,915
Lowest to highest
$1,899–$1,947
Medicare procedures
1,155

5 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Level 2 Upper GI Procedures by hospital, 2024
HospitalCasesAverage paymentvs national averageMedicare paidBilled charge
MedStar Washington Hospital CenterWashington, DC · CCN 090011162$1,899About average$1,504$8,555
MedStar Georgetown University HospitalWashington, DC · CCN 090004575$1,910About average$1,517$8,864
George Washington University HospitalWashington, DC · CCN 09000197$1,915About average$1,522$25,344
Sibley Memorial HospitalWashington, DC · CCN 090005309$1,942About average$1,546$8,390
United Medical CenterWashington, DC · CCN 09000812$1,947About average$1,551$10,314

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.

  • Average payment
  • Average billed charge
2020: 186,493 procedures at 2,033 hospitals · 2021: 203,386 procedures at 2,103 hospitals · 2022: 198,293 procedures at 2,035 hospitals · 2023: 202,554 procedures at 2,007 hospitals · 2024: 208,333 procedures at 1,991 hospitals
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National average payment and billed charge for Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
Year of careAverage paymentAverage billed charge
2020$1,545$11K
2021$1,624$11K
2022$1,646$12K
2023$1,719$13K
2024$1,815$14K

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

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Average payment by state for Level 2 Upper GI Procedures, 2024
StateHospitalsCasesAverage paymentTypical range
Vermont6377$1,027$845–$993
Mississippi271,517$1,477$1,550–$1,595
Alabama434,221$1,560$1,518–$1,586
Louisiana322,348$1,585$1,580–$1,599
Tennessee414,358$1,593$1,566–$1,621
West Virginia171,850$1,594$1,551–$1,613
Ohio888,558$1,607$1,602–$1,657
South Carolina394,850$1,625$1,601–$1,643
Oklahoma363,876$1,632$1,608–$1,654
Arkansas231,701$1,633$1,605–$1,713
Iowa242,336$1,637$1,628–$1,735
Kentucky443,946$1,639$1,604–$1,680
Kansas293,078$1,651$1,620–$1,726
Missouri506,250$1,657$1,645–$1,713
Utah242,774$1,674$1,659–$1,704
Michigan635,044$1,680$1,658–$1,725
Texas14713,129$1,687$1,651–$1,732
North Carolina626,724$1,687$1,656–$1,708
Georgia695,427$1,689$1,616–$1,754
Virginia537,105$1,691$1,631–$1,760
Nebraska161,614$1,699$1,672–$1,723
Florida13213,872$1,708$1,706–$1,724
Indiana565,387$1,712$1,691–$1,734
New Mexico13914$1,729$1,657–$1,775
Maine111,038$1,741$1,678–$1,782
Wisconsin524,716$1,748$1,708–$1,776
Pennsylvania879,237$1,762$1,699–$1,820
Idaho121,421$1,765$1,712–$1,831
Illinois849,354$1,792$1,758–$1,822
North Dakota61,160$1,794$1,761–$1,857
South Dakota71,422$1,801$1,759–$1,900
Montana91,328$1,811$1,769–$1,874
Colorado363,352$1,819$1,803–$1,811
New Hampshire132,049$1,858$1,805–$1,894
Wyoming7210$1,859$1,892–$1,911
Arizona384,351$1,861$1,833–$1,856
Minnesota284,454$1,861$1,792–$1,826
Delaware5721$1,902$1,896–$1,909
District of Columbia51,155$1,918$1,910–$1,942
Rhode Island8696$1,919$1,918–$1,931
Washington424,083$1,935$1,897–$2,000
Alaska5323$2,004$1,964–$2,103
New Jersey494,740$2,013$1,992–$2,111
Oregon211,674$2,019$1,971–$2,011
Nevada14807$2,030$2,007–$2,038
Massachusetts498,033$2,031$2,019–$2,043
New York8710,807$2,088$2,017–$2,141
Connecticut212,140$2,108$2,093–$2,141
Hawaii7441$2,151$2,136–$2,266
California15417,365$2,420$2,335–$2,439

About these numbers

Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. For outpatient procedures it is Medicare’s allowed amount, which leaves out extra “outlier” payments for unusually costly cases; those are shown under the hospital name where CMS reported any, and included in the CSV. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.

Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.

Source: CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 procedures. More in the glossary.