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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Idaho 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?

$1,864

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,864 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$339 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$832 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $550 to $4,898Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,148
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $575

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
$676.08
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$794.33
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$223.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,737.80
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,071.52
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$676.08
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,398.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$741.31
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
$131.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$741.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$295.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$147.91
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$95.50
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$724.44

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 21st of 51

$1,864

$575 physician + $1,288 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.