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Transnasal Upper Digestive Scope Exam With Biopsy

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 0653T

An exam of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum (the first part of the small intestine) using a thin flexible scope passed through the nose. One or more tissue samples are taken during the exam and are included in the service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Transnasal Upper Digestive Scope Exam With Biopsy cost?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 4 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$355$282 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$257 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $257 to $8,511Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $257 to $589
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $355professional $355

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
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 16.2 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

North Dakota· 49th of 51

$355

CA $3,311KY $204

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.