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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 October 2026.

How much does Moderate Sedation for GI Endoscopy, Initial 15 Minutes cost?

$440

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $440 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $60.26 to the doctor who performs it, and $380 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$60.26$8.32 to $105
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$380$120 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $48 to $646Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $6 to $155
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $380professional $60

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
$5.75
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$81.28
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$239.88
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$158.49
2 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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$13.49

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 2nd of 46

$440

$60.26 physician + $380 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.