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Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery

Idaho 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?

$1,612

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,612 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$295 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$832 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $490 to $4,467Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,047
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$724.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$7,244.36
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$204.17
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$954.99
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$602.56
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$891.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
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
$114.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$741.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$134.90
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$87.10
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$645.65

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 28th of 51

$1,612

$490 physician + $1,122 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.