Outpatient procedure · APC 5302 · Surgery or procedure

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 Georgia

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Average payment across these 68 hospitals: $1,689National $1,815 · Georgia $1,689
Median hospital: $1,716
Lowest to highest: $1,127–$1,858
Medicare procedures: 5,407

68 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 1–50. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Level 2 Upper GI Procedures by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell, GA · CCN 110143	13	$1,127	38% below the national average	$898	$24,266
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah, GA · CCN 110043	36	$1,421	22% below the national average	$1,134	$8,546
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus, GA · CCN 110064	147	$1,547	15% below the national average	$1,221	$14,293
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins, GA · CCN 110069	79	$1,560	14% below the national average	$1,226	$7,751
Candler HospitalSavannah, GA · CCN 110024	101	$1,571	13% below the national average	$1,244	$9,012
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus, GA · CCN 110129	69	$1,571	13% below the national average	$1,243	$6,694
Wellstar McG Health, Affiliated With Medical ColAugusta, GA · CCN 110034	112	$1,576	13% below the national average	$1,249	$14,127
Navicent Health BaldwinMilledgeville, GA · CCN 110150	14	$1,593	12% below the national average	$1,275	$6,013
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah, GA · CCN 110036	177	$1,594	12% below the national average	$1,262	$15,700
Southwell Medical, A Campus Of The Regional Medical CenterAdel, GA · CCN 110101	94	$1,595	12% below the national average	$1,275	$7,544
Doctors HospitalAugusta, GA · CCN 110177	248	$1,595	12% below the national average	$1,266	$27,094
Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus, GA · CCN 110200	31	$1,608	11% below the national average	$1,290	$14,398
Evans Memorial HospitalClaxton, GA · CCN 110142	11	$1,608	11% below the national average	$1,289	$12,618
SGMC HealthValdosta, GA · CCN 110122	53	$1,608	11% below the national average	$1,283	$15,987
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta, GA · CCN 110028	13	$1,610	11% below the national average	$1,289	$12,887
University McDuffie County Regional Medical CenterThomson, GA · CCN 110111	21	$1,610	11% below the national average	$1,283	$9,828
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton, GA · CCN 110095	80	$1,614	11% below the national average	$1,282	$6,454
Phoebe Sumter Medical CenterAmericus, GA · CCN 110044	19	$1,616	11% below the national average	$1,305	$11,424
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville, GA · CCN 110038	75	$1,631	10% below the national average	$1,300	$7,716
Piedmont Macon North HospitalMacon, GA · CCN 110201	65	$1,633	About average	$1,306	$15,619
Atrium Health Navicent The Medical CenterMacon, GA · CCN 110107	206	$1,643	About average	$1,300	$11,338
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens, GA · CCN 110074	162	$1,644	About average	$1,299	$15,242
Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie, GA · CCN 110105	23	$1,663	About average	$1,316	$6,525
Fairview Park HospitalDublin, GA · CCN 110125	21	$1,669	About average	$1,342	$25,964
Crisp Regional HospitalCordele, GA · CCN 110104	29	$1,675	About average	$1,331	$8,930
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton, GA · CCN 110011	32	$1,678	About average	$1,322	$8,651
Memorial Satilla HealthWaycross, GA · CCN 110003	14	$1,687	About average	$1,324	$20,716
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge, GA · CCN 110191	38	$1,697	About average	$1,335	$18,811
Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, IncAtlanta, GA · CCN 110082	116	$1,698	About average	$1,352	$8,772
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange, GA · CCN 110016	81	$1,700	About average	$1,360	$25,670
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville, GA · CCN 110184	22	$1,702	About average	$1,348	$24,600
AdventHealth RedmondRome, GA · CCN 110168	53	$1,709	About average	$1,358	$23,522
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro, GA · CCN 110075	121	$1,711	About average	$1,365	$13,283
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta, GA · CCN 110078	38	$1,715	About average	$1,366	$11,844
Union General HospitalBlairsville, GA · CCN 110051	103	$1,718	About average	$1,358	$3,502
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington, GA · CCN 110018	61	$1,719	About average	$1,367	$19,210
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta, GA · CCN 110035	225	$1,720	About average	$1,366	$26,341
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton, GA · CCN 110001	213	$1,721	About average	$1,379	$16,098
Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden CampusSaint Marys, GA · CCN 110146	27	$1,723	About average	$1,372	$5,292
Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia, GA · CCN 110128	12	$1,723	About average	$1,372	$17,136
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville, GA · CCN 110029	280	$1,725	About average	$1,371	$17,848
St Mary's HospitalAthens, GA · CCN 110006	64	$1,735	About average	$1,384	$12,356
AdventHealth GordonCalhoun, GA · CCN 110023	13	$1,735	About average	$1,382	$16,499
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome, GA · CCN 110054	36	$1,735	About average	$1,380	$17,106
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton, GA · CCN 110008	117	$1,739	About average	$1,386	$16,855
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville, GA · CCN 110087	115	$1,742	About average	$1,378	$17,459
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur, GA · CCN 110076	59	$1,742	About average	$1,385	$8,719
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers, GA · CCN 110091	61	$1,743	About average	$1,386	$17,386
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta, GA · CCN 110083	190	$1,746	About average	$1,389	$15,230
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick, GA · CCN 110025	38	$1,747	About average	$1,384	$5,143

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 care	Average payment	Average 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
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	6	377	$1,027	$845–$993
Mississippi	27	1,517	$1,477	$1,550–$1,595
Alabama	43	4,221	$1,560	$1,518–$1,586
Louisiana	32	2,348	$1,585	$1,580–$1,599
Tennessee	41	4,358	$1,593	$1,566–$1,621
West Virginia	17	1,850	$1,594	$1,551–$1,613
Ohio	88	8,558	$1,607	$1,602–$1,657
South Carolina	39	4,850	$1,625	$1,601–$1,643
Oklahoma	36	3,876	$1,632	$1,608–$1,654
Arkansas	23	1,701	$1,633	$1,605–$1,713
Iowa	24	2,336	$1,637	$1,628–$1,735
Kentucky	44	3,946	$1,639	$1,604–$1,680
Kansas	29	3,078	$1,651	$1,620–$1,726
Missouri	50	6,250	$1,657	$1,645–$1,713
Utah	24	2,774	$1,674	$1,659–$1,704
Michigan	63	5,044	$1,680	$1,658–$1,725
Texas	147	13,129	$1,687	$1,651–$1,732
North Carolina	62	6,724	$1,687	$1,656–$1,708
Georgia	69	5,427	$1,689	$1,616–$1,754
Virginia	53	7,105	$1,691	$1,631–$1,760
Nebraska	16	1,614	$1,699	$1,672–$1,723
Florida	132	13,872	$1,708	$1,706–$1,724
Indiana	56	5,387	$1,712	$1,691–$1,734
New Mexico	13	914	$1,729	$1,657–$1,775
Maine	11	1,038	$1,741	$1,678–$1,782
Wisconsin	52	4,716	$1,748	$1,708–$1,776
Pennsylvania	87	9,237	$1,762	$1,699–$1,820
Idaho	12	1,421	$1,765	$1,712–$1,831
Illinois	84	9,354	$1,792	$1,758–$1,822
North Dakota	6	1,160	$1,794	$1,761–$1,857
South Dakota	7	1,422	$1,801	$1,759–$1,900
Montana	9	1,328	$1,811	$1,769–$1,874
Colorado	36	3,352	$1,819	$1,803–$1,811
New Hampshire	13	2,049	$1,858	$1,805–$1,894
Wyoming	7	210	$1,859	$1,892–$1,911
Arizona	38	4,351	$1,861	$1,833–$1,856
Minnesota	28	4,454	$1,861	$1,792–$1,826
Delaware	5	721	$1,902	$1,896–$1,909
District of Columbia	5	1,155	$1,918	$1,910–$1,942
Rhode Island	8	696	$1,919	$1,918–$1,931
Washington	42	4,083	$1,935	$1,897–$2,000
Alaska	5	323	$2,004	$1,964–$2,103
New Jersey	49	4,740	$2,013	$1,992–$2,111
Oregon	21	1,674	$2,019	$1,971–$2,011
Nevada	14	807	$2,030	$2,007–$2,038
Massachusetts	49	8,033	$2,031	$2,019–$2,043
New York	87	10,807	$2,088	$2,017–$2,141
Connecticut	21	2,140	$2,108	$2,093–$2,141
Hawaii	7	441	$2,151	$2,136–$2,266
California	154	17,365	$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.