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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Arkansas 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?

$1,816

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,816 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$302$204 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$832 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $347 to $2,455Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $178 to $617
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,514professional $302

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
$275.42
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$616.60
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$691.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$257.04
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$812.83
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$758.58

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 35th of 51

$1,816

$302 physician + $1,514 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.