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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Arizona 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?

$1,677

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,677 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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$447$204 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$676 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $525 to $4,898Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,862
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,230professional $447

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
$977.24
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$512.86
5 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
$89.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$44.67

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 30th of 51

$1,677

$447 physician + $1,230 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.