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Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery

South Dakota 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?

$1,237

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,237 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$479$380 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$603 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,202Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,259
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $479

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
$169.82
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$933.25
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$549.54
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,230.27
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,258.93
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
$70.79
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$42.66

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 44th of 51

$1,237

$479 physician + $759 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.