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Moderate Sedation for GI Endoscopy, Initial 15 Minutes

Nebraska 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?

$62.00

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $62.00 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $10.72 to the doctor who performs it, and $51.29 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$10.72$5.37 to $56.23
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$51.29$8.91 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $5 to $288Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $93
$10$100$1Kfacility $51professional $11

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
$4.79
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$64.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$107.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$363.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$131.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$125.89
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$128.82

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 31st of 46

$62.00

$10.72 physician + $51.29 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.