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Removal Of A Blockage From The Rectum Under Anesthesia

Alabama 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?

$2,201

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,201 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$339$251 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$891 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $575 to $2,951Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $209 to $676
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $339

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
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 23rd of 50

$2,201

$339 physician + $1,862 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.