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Colorectal Cancer Screening Colonoscopy, Not High Risk

Maryland 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?

$803

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $803 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 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$302$195 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$372 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,047Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $166 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $501professional $302

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
$109.65
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$38.02
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$630.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$316.23
1 more rate 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
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$104.71

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 49th of 51

$803

$302 physician + $501 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.