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Moderate Sedation for GI Endoscopy, Initial 15 Minutes

Colorado 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?

$68.56

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $68.56 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $34.67 to the doctor who performs it, and $33.88 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$34.67$5.50 to $57.54
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$33.88$6.17 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $5 to $98Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $5 to $74
$5$10$20$50$100facility $34professional $35

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
$6.17
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$97.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$100.00
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$147.91
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$102.33

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 28th of 46

$68.56

$34.67 physician + $33.88 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.