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Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery

Montana 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?

$860

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $860 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $513 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$347$263 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$513$263 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,072Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $170 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $513professional $347

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$933.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$912.01
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$776.25
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
$245.47
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$134.90

Where Montana 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

Montana· 50th of 51

$860

$347 physician + $513 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.