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Removal Of A Blockage From The Rectum Under Anesthesia

Tennessee 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?

$2,381

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,381 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$339$245 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$794 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $331 to $4,074Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $219 to $631
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $339

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
$269.15
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$588.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$19,498.45
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 22nd of 50

$2,381

$339 physician + $2,042 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.