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Ultrasound-Guided Injection Through the Gut Wall

Vermont rates for HCPCS 43253

A scope with an ultrasound probe at its tip is passed through the mouth into the stomach and the first part of the small intestine. Guided by the ultrasound picture, a fine needle is passed through the wall of the gut to inject medicine into nearby structures, or to place tiny markers that later guide radiation treatment. The scope shows the target directly, so nothing has to be reached through the skin.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Injection Through the Gut Wall cost?

$1,657

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,657 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$398$372 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$1,259 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $468 to $3,162Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $295 to $525
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,259professional $398

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 5.3 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Vermont· 30th of 51

$1,657

$398 physician + $1,259 facility

CO $4,336MT $815

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.