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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 October 2026.

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

$2,801

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,801 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$562$324 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,000 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $537 to $3,715Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,862
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $562

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
$512.86
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$794.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$602.56
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
$102.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$79.43

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 9th of 51

$2,801

$562 physician + $2,239 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.