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Removal Of A Blockage From The Rectum Under Anesthesia

Missouri 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?

$1,969

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,969 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$347$257 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$646 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $324 to $4,898Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $224 to $871
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $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
$323.59
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$977.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$331.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$616.60

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 30th of 50

$1,969

$347 physician + $1,622 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.