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Moderate Sedation for GI Endoscopy, Initial 15 Minutes

Georgia 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?

$47.86

Typical physician fee. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6.17 to $60.26.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $5 to $5,129Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $5 to $95
$10$100$1Kfacility $871professional $48

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
$4.79
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$134.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$81.28
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$181.97
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,025.60
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$134.90
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.47

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 42nd of 51

$47.86

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.