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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Louisiana 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?

$2,045

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,045 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$347$229 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$933 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $589 to $3,715Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $182 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $347

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
$588.84
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$812.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$691.83

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 32nd of 51

$2,045

$347 physician + $1,698 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.