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Removal Of A Blockage From The Rectum Under Anesthesia

Colorado 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?

$3,575

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,575 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$245 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$380 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $282 to $7,943Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $224 to $589
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $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
$363.08
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$831.76
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$870.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 12th of 50

$3,575

$339 physician + $3,236 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.