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Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery

Iowa 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?

$2,003

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,003 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$490$331 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$832 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $447 to $5,370Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,318
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $490

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
$602.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,047.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,230.27
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
$87.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$72.44

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 51

$2,003

$490 physician + $1,514 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.