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Screening Barium Enema, Alternative to Colonoscopy

Nationwide rates for HCPCS G0120

Colorectal cancer screening; alternative to G0105, screening colonoscopy, barium enema

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Screening Barium Enema, Alternative to Colonoscopy cost?

$1,820

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 28 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$257$214 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$2,089 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $324 to $13,490Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $162 to $646
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $257

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
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$457.09

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 95.5 times more in California than in Louisiana. 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.

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CA $5,888LA $61.66

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.