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Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery

Delaware 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?

$976

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $976 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$200$166 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$562 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,399Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $158 to $479
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $200

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
$165.96
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$478.63
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$436.52

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 48th of 51

$976

$200 physician + $776 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.