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Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery

Florida 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?

$1,424

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,424 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$275$158 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$631 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $457 to $6,607Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $126 to $525
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $275

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$467.74
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$7,413.10
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$562.34
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$478.63
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
5 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
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$40.74

Where Florida 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

Florida· 34th of 51

$1,424

$275 physician + $1,148 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.