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Colorectal Cancer Screening Colonoscopy, Not High Risk

South Dakota 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?

$979

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $979 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $562 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$417$295 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$562$447 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $324 to $955Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $209 to $933
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $562professional $417

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
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$501.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$977.24
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
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$36.31

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 41st of 51

$979

$417 physician + $562 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.