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Upper Digestive Endoscopy With Growth Removal

Wisconsin 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 October 2026.

How much does Upper Digestive Endoscopy With Growth Removal cost?

$3,884

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,884 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$501 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,905 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $776 to $6,166Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $295 to $3,802
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $1,000

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
$245.47
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,801.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,165.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,762.47
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,370.32
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,786.30
Network Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,884.03
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,318.26
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,951.21
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,348.96
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,801.89
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,951.21
11 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,162.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$416.87
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$954.99

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 3.4 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

Wisconsin· 4th of 51

$3,884

$1,000 physician + $2,884 facility

CO $4,463WV $1,326

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.