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Anesthesia for Upper Digestive Tract Endoscopy

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 00731

Covers the anesthesia care given for an endoscopy of the upper digestive tract, where a flexible scope is passed through the mouth into the food pipe and stomach. An anesthesia professional gives the medicine and monitors breathing, heart rhythm, and blood pressure throughout, staying with the patient until they wake safely. It covers the anesthesia care, not the examination itself.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Anesthesia for Upper Digestive Tract Endoscopy cost?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $309 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 51 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$331$251 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$89.13 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $35 to $977Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $151 to $513
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $309professional $331

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
$33.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AA · Anesthesiologist
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QK · Directing 2–4 cases
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QX · CRNA, directed
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QY · Directing one CRNA
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QZ · CRNA, independent
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AA · Anesthesiologist
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QK · Directing 2–4 cases
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QX · CRNA, directed
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QY · Directing one CRNA
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QZ · CRNA, independent
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AA · Anesthesiologist
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QZ · CRNA, independent
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QK · Directing 2–4 cases
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QX · CRNA, directed
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QY · Directing one CRNA
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AA · Anesthesiologist
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QY · Directing one CRNA
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AA · Anesthesiologist
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QK · Directing 2–4 cases
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QX · CRNA, directed
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QY · Directing one CRNA
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QZ · CRNA, independent
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$630.96

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 3090.3 times more in Montana than in Delaware. 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.

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MT $66,069DE $21.38

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.