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Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery

Virginia 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?

$2,125

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,125 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$263$182 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$646 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $229 to $6,026Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $162 to $550
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $263

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
$194.98
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$549.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$426.58
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,630.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$575.44
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
$97.72
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$54.95

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 13th of 51

$2,125

$263 physician + $1,862 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.