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Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery

Missouri 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?

$1,868

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,868 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$389$229 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$891 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $513 to $4,786Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,820
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $389

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
$575.44
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$831.76
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
$77.62
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$47.86

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 21st of 51

$1,868

$389 physician + $1,479 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.