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Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery

Kentucky 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?

$1,889

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,889 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$229$186 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$646 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $269 to $4,365Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $158 to $479
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $229

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
$162.18
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$338.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,445.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,398.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$501.19
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$51.29

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 20th of 51

$1,889

$229 physician + $1,660 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.