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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Illinois 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?

$1,924

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,924 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$339$234 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$871 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,890Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $195 to $794
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,585professional $339

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
$245.47
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$645.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$851.14
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,258.93
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$851.14
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
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$48.98

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 18th of 51

$1,924

$339 physician + $1,585 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.