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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Florida 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?

$1,457

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,457 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$186 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$617 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $457 to $6,607Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $145 to $589
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $309

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
$354.81
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$524.81
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$7,413.10
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$616.60
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$524.81
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
10 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
$102.33
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$44.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
33 · Preventive service
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$162.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
PT · Screening turned treatment
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XS · Separate structure
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47

Where Florida 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

Florida· 35th of 51

$1,457

$309 physician + $1,148 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.