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Removal Of A Blockage From The Rectum Under Anesthesia

South Dakota 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?

$844

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $844 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $437 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$407$302 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$437$302 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $224 to $2,291Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $214 to $832
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $437professional $407

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
$229.09
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 44th of 50

$844

$407 physician + $437 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.