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Moderate Sedation for GI Endoscopy, Initial 15 Minutes

Idaho 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?

$104

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $104 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $47.86 to the doctor who performs it, and $56.23 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$47.86$8.51 to $83.18
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$56.23$5.89 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $5 to $479Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $5 to $117
$10$100$1Kfacility $56professional $48

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
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$4,168.69
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$109.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$10.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$104.71
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$97.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$97.72
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$63.10
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$93.33
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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$97.72
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$67.61
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$9.77
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$72.44

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 21st of 46

$104

$47.86 physician + $56.23 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.