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Moderate Sedation for GI Endoscopy, Initial 15 Minutes

North Carolina 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?

$133

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $133 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $79.43 to the doctor who performs it, and $53.70 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$79.43$13.80 to $120
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$53.70$5.37 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $5 to $87Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $8 to $158
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $54professional $79

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$58.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,715.35
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$75.86
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
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 11th of 46

$133

$79.43 physician + $53.70 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.