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Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery

Nevada 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?

$1,637

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,637 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$257$178 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$724 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $490 to $4,365Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $162 to $589
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,380professional $257

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
$489.78
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$512.86
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$954.99
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$588.84
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
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$48.98

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 27th of 51

$1,637

$257 physician + $1,380 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.