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Moderate Sedation for GI Endoscopy, Initial 15 Minutes

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

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

$52.48

Typical physician fee. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $7.24 to $53.70.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $52Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $5 to $72
$5$10$20$50$100facility $5professional $52

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$10.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$72.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$75.86
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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in Washington than in Michigan. 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.

Arkansas· 31st of 51

$52.48

WA $79.43MI $10.47

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.