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Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery

Indiana 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?

$2,919

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,919 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$288$214 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,000 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,318Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $166 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $288

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
$165.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,778.28
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$676.08
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,754.23
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$549.54
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
$83.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$45.71

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 7th of 51

$2,919

$288 physician + $2,630 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.