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Moderate Sedation for GI Endoscopy, Initial 15 Minutes

Florida 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?

$106

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $106 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $51.29 to the doctor who performs it, and $54.95 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$51.29$5.89 to $57.54
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$54.95$6.92 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $6 to $68Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $5 to $68
$5$10$20$50$100facility $55professional $51

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
$3.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$11.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$9.12
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$67.61
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$74.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$63.10
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$66.07
1 more rate 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
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 22.7 times more in Georgia than in Mississippi. 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

Florida· 20th of 46

$106

$51.29 physician + $54.95 facility

GA $919MS $40.49

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.