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Colorectal Cancer Screening Colonoscopy, Not High Risk

Tennessee 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?

$1,293

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,293 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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$316$219 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$525 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,570Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $178 to $2,188
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $977professional $316

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
$223.87
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$154.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$575.44
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
$60.26
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$35.48

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 23rd of 51

$1,293

$316 physician + $977 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.