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Upper Endoscopy With Growth Removal By Cautery

West 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?

$767

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $767 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $479 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$288$178 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$479$186 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $186 to $2,455Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $148 to $631
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $479professional $288

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,174.90
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$8,317.64
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$457.09
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
$85.11
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$43.65

Where West 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

West Virginia· 51st of 51

$767

$288 physician + $479 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.