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Removal Of A Blockage From The Rectum Under Anesthesia

Delaware 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?

$5,307

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,307 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$295$240 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$3,236 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $724 to $6,457Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $209 to $562
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $5,012professional $295

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$489.78

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 4th of 50

$5,307

$295 physician + $5,012 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.