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Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery

Utah 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?

$3,570

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,570 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$407$263 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,072 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $257 to $5,012Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $219 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $407

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
$257.04
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$691.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$524.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,623.41
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$691.83
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
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.90
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 Utah 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

Utah· 3rd of 51

$3,570

$407 physician + $3,162 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.