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Removal Of A Blockage From The Rectum Under Anesthesia

Utah 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?

$3,534

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,534 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$372$282 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$2,239 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $407 to $4,571Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $224 to $724
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $372

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
$288.40
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$660.69
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,548.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$645.65
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$794.33
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34

Where Utah 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

Utah· 13th of 50

$3,534

$372 physician + $3,162 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.