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Moderate Sedation for GI Endoscopy, Initial 15 Minutes

Michigan 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?

$234

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $10.47 to the doctor who performs it, and $224 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$10.47$6.61 to $56.23
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$224$79.43 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $8 to $537Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $71
$5$20$100$500facility $224professional $10

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
$5.62
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.31
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.47
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
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$162.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$74.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$10.72
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$67.61
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
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.76

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 3rd of 46

$234

$10.47 physician + $224 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.