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Screening Barium Enema, Alternative to Colonoscopy

Massachusetts 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?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $1,479 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 4 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$447$288 to $1,479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,479$209 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $112 to $1,479Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,479
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $1,479professional $447

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$446.68

Where Massachusetts sits

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.

Massachusetts· 6th of 47

$832

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.