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Fecal Microbiota Preparation and Instillation

Colorado rates for HCPCS G0455

Preparation with instillation of fecal microbiota by any method, including assessment of donor specimen

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Fecal Microbiota Preparation and Instillation cost?

$2,708

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,708 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$138$95.50 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$148 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $78 to $7,586Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $78 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $138

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
$954.99
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$147.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$316.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80
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
$33.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$14.79

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 30.6 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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

Colorado· 9th of 48

$2,708

$138 physician + $2,570 facility

CA $5,736KY $187

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.