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Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery

Oklahoma 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?

$3,527

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,527 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$437$204 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$891 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $447 to $6,918Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,820
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $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
$831.76
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
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
$91.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$48.98

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 5th of 51

$3,527

$437 physician + $3,090 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.