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Moderate Sedation for GI Endoscopy, Initial 15 Minutes

Louisiana 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?

$11.98

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.98 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $7.41 to the doctor who performs it, and $4.57 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$7.41$5.25 to $51.29
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4.57$0.02 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $0 to $42Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $62
$0.1$1$10$100facility $5professional $7

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
$3.98
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$61.66
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$51.29
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$75.86

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 46th of 46

$11.98

$7.41 physician + $4.57 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.