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 Louisiana

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Average payment across these 32 hospitals: $1,585National $1,815 · Louisiana $1,585
Median hospital: $1,588
Lowest to highest: $1,488–$1,632
Medicare procedures: 2,348

32 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
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans, LA · CCN 190046	43	$1,488	18% below the national average	$1,161	$16,046
West Jefferson Medical CenterMarrero, LA · CCN 190039	58	$1,545	15% below the national average	$1,222	$14,519
Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190065	25	$1,551	15% below the national average	$1,220	$8,977
Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette, LA · CCN 190102	85	$1,552	14% below the national average	$1,230	$9,196
Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans, LA · CCN 190036	330	$1,553	14% below the national average	$1,229	$8,611
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette, LA · CCN 190002	146	$1,565	14% below the national average	$1,243	$11,911
Fmol Health St FrancisMonroe, LA · CCN 190125	75	$1,565	14% below the national average	$1,243	$8,874
Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria, LA · CCN 190026	18	$1,575	13% below the national average	$1,239	$46,157
Monroe Surgical HospitalMonroe, LA · CCN 190245	11	$1,582	13% below the national average	$1,268	$6,186
Northern Louisiana Medical CenterRuston, LA · CCN 190086	39	$1,582	13% below the national average	$1,264	$7,897
Ochsner LSU Health ShreveportShreveport, LA · CCN 190098	50	$1,582	13% below the national average	$1,261	$9,508
Acadia General HospitalCrowley, LA · CCN 190044	14	$1,582	13% below the national average	$1,260	$8,524
East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie, LA · CCN 190176	135	$1,583	13% below the national average	$1,254	$15,947
University Medical Center New OrleansNew Orleans, LA · CCN 190005	35	$1,584	13% below the national average	$1,256	$14,307
North Oaks Medical CenterHammond, LA · CCN 190015	18	$1,584	13% below the national average	$1,263	$12,787
Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell, LA · CCN 190040	142	$1,588	12% below the national average	$1,256	$9,885
Ochsner Medical Center-KennerKenner, LA · CCN 190274	163	$1,588	12% below the national average	$1,255	$6,129
St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington, LA · CCN 190045	117	$1,590	12% below the national average	$1,259	$13,456
Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190064	155	$1,590	12% below the national average	$1,266	$10,332
Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma, LA · CCN 190008	12	$1,596	12% below the national average	$1,272	$7,794
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport, LA · CCN 190041	25	$1,597	12% below the national average	$1,261	$16,205
Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux, LA · CCN 190004	16	$1,598	12% below the national average	$1,273	$10,111
Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles, LA · CCN 190027	32	$1,598	12% below the national average	$1,268	$18,258
West Calcasieu Cameron HospitalSulphur, LA · CCN 190013	15	$1,598	12% below the national average	$1,274	$4,273
Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria, LA · CCN 190019	29	$1,602	12% below the national average	$1,270	$17,254
Lane Regional Medical CenterZachary, LA · CCN 190020	12	$1,609	11% below the national average	$1,295	$9,433
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190202	35	$1,609	11% below the national average	$1,286	$8,208
Avoyelles HospitalMarksville, LA · CCN 190099	12	$1,612	11% below the national average	$1,291	$13,183
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical HospitalAlexandria, LA · CCN 190298	110	$1,613	11% below the national average	$1,280	$22,815
Springhill Medical CenterSpringhill, LA · CCN 190088	14	$1,614	11% below the national average	$1,253	$7,750
Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport, LA · CCN 190111	303	$1,628	10% below the national average	$1,300	$15,321
Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles, LA · CCN 190060	74	$1,632	10% below the national average	$1,304	$9,116

National trend

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

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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.