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Moderate Sedation for GI Endoscopy, Initial 15 Minutes

Minnesota 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?

$201

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $201 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $22.91 to the doctor who performs it, and $178 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$22.91$8.91 to $107
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$178$57.54 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $7 to $457Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $5 to $174
$5$20$100$500facility $178professional $23

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
$67.61
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$81.28
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$457.09
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$66.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$165.96

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 4th of 46

$201

$22.91 physician + $178 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.