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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 July 2026.

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

$1,099

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,099 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $537 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$562$363 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$537$309 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $229 to $3,090Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $191 to $2,344
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $537professional $562

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
$389.05
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,511.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,230.27
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in California 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· 46th of 51

$1,099

$562 physician + $537 facility

CA $5,460MT $790

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.