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Removal Of A Blockage From The Rectum Under Anesthesia

Minnesota 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?

$1,806

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,806 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$631$389 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$501 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $269 to $3,467Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,288
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $631

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
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,479.11
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,754.23
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 31st of 50

$1,806

$631 physician + $1,175 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.