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Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery

South Carolina 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?

$1,269

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,269 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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$398$200 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$759 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $589 to $4,169Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $166 to $631
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $871professional $398

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
$199.53
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$489.78
6 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
$97.72
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 43rd of 51

$1,269

$398 physician + $871 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.