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Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery

Alaska rates for HCPCS 43250

This procedure uses a thin, flexible lighted scope passed through the mouth into the esophagus, stomach, and the first part of the small intestine to remove a small growth or polyp using a heated instrument that also seals the tissue as it cuts. It is done under sedation and combines diagnosis and treatment in a single visit.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery cost?

$2,915

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,915 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$676$457 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,585 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $7,079Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $209 to $2,239
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $676

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,235.94
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,238.72
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,454.71
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,079.46
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,445.44
10 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$223.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,122.02
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,698.24
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$338.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$223.87

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Colorado than in West Virginia. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 8th of 51

$2,915

$676 physician + $2,239 facility

CO $4,173WV $767

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.