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Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery

New Mexico 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?

$1,448

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,448 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$245$195 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$776 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $537 to $4,266Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $110 to $631
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $245

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
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$691.83
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
$128.82
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$66.07

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 32nd of 51

$1,448

$245 physician + $1,202 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.