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Moderate Sedation for GI Endoscopy, Initial 15 Minutes

Alaska rates for HCPCS G0500

Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monitoring of the patient's level of consciousness and physiological status; initial 15 minutes of intra-service time; patient age 5 years or older (additional time may be reported with 99153, as appropriate)

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Moderate Sedation for GI Endoscopy, Initial 15 Minutes cost?

$97.96

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.96 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $48.98 to the doctor who performs it, and $48.98 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$48.98$9.55 to $123
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$48.98$7.08 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $5 to $151Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $5 to $234
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $49professional $49

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$100.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$269.15
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$288.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$100.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$165.96

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 36.5 times more in Wyoming than in Louisiana. 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

Alaska· 10th of 46

$97.96

$48.98 physician + $48.98 facility

WY $437LA $11.98

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.