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Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery

Minnesota 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?

$1,573

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,573 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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$550$324 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$427 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $155 to $3,715Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,023professional $550

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
$154.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,479.11
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$77.62
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$48.98

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 31st of 51

$1,573

$550 physician + $1,023 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.