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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 October 2026.

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

$1,769

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,769 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$229 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$1,000 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,905Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $195 to $933
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,380professional $389

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$933.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$524.81
8 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
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$93.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 25th of 51

$1,769

$389 physician + $1,380 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.