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Anesthesia for Upper Digestive Tract Endoscopy

Virginia 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?

$67.61

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $35.48 to $363.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $25 to $537Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $309 to $513
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $68professional $427

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QX · CRNA, directed
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AA · Anesthesiologist
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QK · Directing 2–4 cases
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QX · CRNA, directed
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QY · Directing one CRNA
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QZ · CRNA, independent
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AA · Anesthesiologist
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QZ · CRNA, independent
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,786.30
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AA · Anesthesiologist
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QK · Directing 2–4 cases
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QX · CRNA, directed
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QZ · CRNA, independent
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$331.13

Where Virginia sits

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.

Virginia· 37th of 50

$67.61

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.