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Removal Of A Blockage From The Rectum Under Anesthesia

North Carolina 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?

$796

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $796 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $398 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$302 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$398$302 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $224 to $4,898Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $229 to $891
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $398professional $398

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
$223.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$851.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$891.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$537.03
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$19,498.45
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 46th of 50

$796

$398 physician + $398 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.