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Removal Of A Blockage From The Rectum Under Anesthesia

Rhode Island 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?

$2,722

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,722 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$275 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,549 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,012Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $224 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,399professional $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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 18th of 50

$2,722

$324 physician + $2,399 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.