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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Kansas 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 July 2026.

How much does Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare cost?

$2,671

Typical total for the visit. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,671 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$380$234 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$912 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $331 to $6,310Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $191 to $692
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $380

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$758.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$707.95

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in California 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

Kansas· 19th of 51

$2,671

$380 physician + $2,291 facility

CA $5,460MT $790

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.