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Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery

New Jersey 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?

$2,282

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,282 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$240$155 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,230 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $513 to $6,918Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $112 to $513
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $240

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
$181.97
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$588.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$831.76
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,244.36
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52
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
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$46.77

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 12th of 51

$2,282

$240 physician + $2,042 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.