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Upper Digestive Endoscopy With Growth Removal

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 43270

This is an endoscopy in which a thin, flexible scope with a camera is passed through the mouth into the esophagus, stomach, and upper small intestine, during which a growth such as a polyp or lesion is removed by destroying the tissue with a tool such as heat or laser passed through the scope. It combines diagnostic viewing of the upper digestive tract with removal of the growth in the same procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Upper Digestive Endoscopy With Growth Removal cost?

$4,233

Typical total for the visit. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,233 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 13 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$245 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,202 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $692 to $7,943Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,096
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,631professional $603

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,047.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$323.59
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$316.23
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,174.90
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$457.09
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,244.36
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$316.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$407.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,348.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,071.52
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in New Jersey than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feePennsylvania $4,233 · 15th of 50
NJ $6,657ND $1,327

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.