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Moderate Sedation for GI Endoscopy, Initial 15 Minutes

Kansas 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?

$85.52

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.52 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $39.81 to the doctor who performs it, and $45.71 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$39.81$5.50 to $63.10
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$45.71$5.50 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $5 to $83Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $5 to $81
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $46professional $40

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
$5.01
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$60.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$8.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$77.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$91.20

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 16th of 46

$85.52

$39.81 physician + $45.71 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.