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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Colorado 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?

$4,142

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,142 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$427$263 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,445 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $692 to $8,318Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $219 to $955
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $427

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
$251.19
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$776.25
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$933.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,479.11
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$812.83
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
$97.72
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$51.29

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$4,142

$427 physician + $3,715 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.