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Moderate Sedation for GI Endoscopy, Initial 15 Minutes

Montana 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?

$64.42

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.42 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $53.70 to the doctor who performs it, and $10.72 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$53.70$8.91 to $89.13
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10.72$8.91 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $115Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $7 to $91
$5$10$20$50$100facility $11professional $54

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$91.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$114.82
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$120.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$102.33
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$11.48

Where Montana 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

Montana· 32nd of 46

$64.42

$53.70 physician + $10.72 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.