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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Iowa 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?

$1,930

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,930 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$550$380 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$813 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $501 to $5,012Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $550

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
$389.05
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,148.15
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,630.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,122.02
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$79.43

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 17th of 51

$1,930

$550 physician + $1,380 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.