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Moderate Sedation for GI Endoscopy, Initial 15 Minutes

Arizona 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?

$60.60

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.60 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $37.15 to the doctor who performs it, and $23.44 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$37.15$5.50 to $56.23
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$23.44$6.17 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $5 to $69Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $5 to $74
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $23professional $37

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
$7.41
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$66.07
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$85.11

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 32nd of 46

$60.60

$37.15 physician + $23.44 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.