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Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery

Oregon 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?

$1,308

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,308 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$295 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$646 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $355 to $5,129Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $457

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
$3,890.45
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,122.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$933.25
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,148.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$7,585.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,174.90
10 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
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$74.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$371.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$147.91
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$112.20
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$74.13

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 42nd of 51

$1,308

$457 physician + $851 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.