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Removal Of A Blockage From The Rectum Under Anesthesia

Massachusetts 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?

$1,705

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,705 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$282 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$339 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $269 to $4,169Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $229 to $977
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $417

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
$338.84
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$794.33
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$19,498.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$831.76
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,023.29
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$19,498.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 32nd of 50

$1,705

$417 physician + $1,288 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.