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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Alaska rates for HCPCS 43251

A doctor passes a thin, flexible scope through the mouth into the esophagus, stomach, or upper small intestine to examine the lining and remove a growth or abnormal tissue using a wire loop device. The tissue is then sent to a lab for testing.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare cost?

$3,172

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,172 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$933$513 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,479 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $933 to $7,079Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $240 to $2,455
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $933

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
$1,047.13
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,445.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,265.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,691.53
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,454.71
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,079.46
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,659.59
10 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$245.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$489.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,862.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$371.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$245.47

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Alaska· 7th of 51

$3,172

$933 physician + $2,239 facility

CO $4,142MT $1,002

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.