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Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery

North Dakota 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?

$873

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $873 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $437 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$309 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$437$170 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,318Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $195 to $1,175
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $437professional $437

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
$169.82
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$794.33
8 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
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$47.86

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 49th of 51

$873

$437 physician + $437 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.