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Removal Of A Blockage From The Rectum Under Anesthesia

Connecticut 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?

$5,024

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,024 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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$347$263 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$3,631 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $8,511Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $224 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $347

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
$3,235.94
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$891.25
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 5th of 50

$5,024

$347 physician + $4,677 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.