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Removal Of A Blockage From The Rectum Under Anesthesia

Alaska rates for HCPCS 45915

This procedure removes a severe stool blockage or a lodged foreign object from the rectum while the patient is under anesthesia. It is used when the blockage cannot be cleared safely or comfortably without anesthesia, unlike a simple in-office removal.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Blockage From The Rectum Under Anesthesia cost?

$1,048

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,048 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $417 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$339 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$417$316 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,202Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $224 to $1,738
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $417professional $631

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
$741.31
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$776.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$870.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,238.72
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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

Alaska· 41st of 50

$1,048

$631 physician + $417 facility

IN $5,932MD $731

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.