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Colorectal Cancer Screening Colonoscopy, Not High Risk

Iowa rates for HCPCS G0121

Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual not meeting criteria for high risk

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Colorectal Cancer Screening Colonoscopy, Not High Risk cost?

$1,278

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,278 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$407$295 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$501 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $372 to $3,020Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $191 to $933
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $871professional $407

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$281.84
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$933.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$794.33
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$933.25
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$34.67

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Vermont than in Maine. 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

Iowa· 26th of 51

$1,278

$407 physician + $871 facility

VT $4,478ME $766

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.