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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Kentucky 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?

$1,708

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,708 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$263$209 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$589 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $288 to $4,365Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $182 to $550
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $263

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
$186.21
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$380.19
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,445.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,630.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$549.54
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$56.23

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 28th of 51

$1,708

$263 physician + $1,445 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.