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Removal Of A Blockage From The Rectum Under Anesthesia

Maryland 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?

$731

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $731 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $407 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$324$240 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$407$234 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $135 to $1,549Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $214 to $575
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $407professional $324

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
$134.90
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$602.56
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$616.60
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 50th of 50

$731

$324 physician + $407 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.