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Removal Of A Blockage From The Rectum Under Anesthesia

South 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?

$948

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $948 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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$331$240 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$363 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $269 to $8,128Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $214 to $589
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $617professional $331

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
$416.87
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$524.81

Where South 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

South Carolina· 42nd of 50

$948

$331 physician + $617 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.