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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Connecticut 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?

$3,507

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,507 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$417$309 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$2,188 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $955 to $6,310Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,349
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $417

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
$3,090.30
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,025.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$870.96
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$891.25
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,677.35
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,148.15
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
$112.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$64.57

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 4th of 51

$3,507

$417 physician + $3,090 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.