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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Alabama 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?

$1,834

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,834 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$204 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$933 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $589 to $2,630Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $182 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $389

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
$954.99
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$933.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$630.96

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 34th of 51

$1,834

$389 physician + $1,445 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.